Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel Lecture
Aung San Suu Kyi delivered her Nobel Lecture on 16 June, 2012, in the Oslo City Hall, Norway.
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Watch the event when Aung San Suu Kyi held her Nobel Lecture in the Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 16 June 2012.
The program started with Guro Kleven Hage playing two pieces from ‘Ole Bull’, followed by a speech by Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (6:13). After the speech, Nei Wah played a piece on the Burmese harp (26:03). Aung San Suu Kyi then delivered her Nobel Lecture (33:41). The event ended with a piece of music, ‘Svalbard – Vidda’ (1:02:20).
Read the speech by Thorbjørn Jagland, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
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