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English Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, Distinguished members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Dear Friends and Colleagues around the world, I feel both humility and gratitude at receiving this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. It is the greatest recognition anybody working in this…

Artist: Rolf Nerli Calligrapher: Inger Magnus Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg

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German Vortrag, Gehalten vor dem Nobel-Comité des Storthing zu Christiania am l8. April 1906 Die Entwicklung der Friedensbewegung Die ewigen Wahrheiten und ewigen Rechte haben stets am Himmel der menschlichen Erkenntnis aufgeleuchtet, aber nur gar langsam wurden sie von da herab geholt, in Formen gegossen, mit Leben gefüllt, in Taten umgesetzt. Eine jener Wahrheiten ist…

English Nobel Lecture, April 18, 1906 (Translation) The Evolution of the Peace Movement The stars of eternal truth and right have always shone in the firmament of human understanding. The process of bringing them down to earth, remolding them into practical forms, imbuing them with vitality, and then making use of them, has been a…

Links to other sites Videos Honouring Malala Yousafzai’s own wish, the school uniform she wore when she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in October 2012, became part of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize exhibition ‘Malala and Kailash’ at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway. Here, Malala answers the question “What…

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Yasser Arafat delivering his Nobel Prize lecture. © Knudsens fotosenter/Dextra Photo, Norsk Teknisk Museum. Translation from the Arabic text by D. Karara Your Majesty King Harald, Your Majesty Queen Sonja, Professor Sejersted – Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, A quote from the Holy Koran, “Then if they should…