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10-11-2007, 01:31 PM
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Nobel Peace Prize 2007: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore
The winner(s) of the Nobel Peace Prize of 2007 will be announced tomorrow (October 12) at 11AM CET from the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.
Previous years: Nobel Peace Prize: 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: 2005 Nobel Peace Prizie Award 2004 Nobel Peace Prize 2003 Earlier winners 2006 - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank 2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei 2004 - Wangari Maathai 2003 - Shirin Ebadi 2002 - Jimmy Carter 2001 - United Nations, Kofi Annan 2000 - Kim Dae-jung 1999 - Médecins Sans Frontičres 1998 - John Hume, David Trimble 1997 - International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams 1996 - Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, José Ramos-Horta 1995 - Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs 1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin 1993 - Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk 1992 - Rigoberta Menchú Tum 1991 - Aung San Suu Kyi 1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev 1989 - The 14th Dalai Lama 1988 - United Nations Peacekeeping Forces 1987 - Oscar Arias Sánchez 1986 - Elie Wiesel 1985 - International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War 1984 - Desmond Tutu 1983 - Lech Walesa 1982 - Alva Myrdal, Alfonso García Robles 1981 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1980 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel 1979 - Mother Teresa 1978 - Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin 1977 - Amnesty International 1976 - Betty Williams, Mairead Corrigan 1975 - Andrei Sakharov 1974 - Seán MacBride, Eisaku Sato 1973 - Henry Kissinger, Le Duc Tho 1971 - Willy Brandt 1970 - Norman Borlaug 1969 - International Labour Organization 1968 - René Cassin 1965 - United Nations Children's Fund 1964 - Martin Luther King 1963 - International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies 1962 - Linus Pauling 1961 - Dag Hammarskjöld 1960 - Albert Lutuli 1959 - Philip Noel-Baker 1958 - Georges Pire 1957 - Lester Bowles Pearson 1954 - Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 1953 - George C. Marshall 1952 - Albert Schweitzer 1951 - Léon Jouhaux 1950 - Ralph Bunche 1949 - Lord Boyd Orr 1947 - Friends Service Council, American Friends Service Committee 1946 - Emily Greene Balch, John R. Mott 1945 - Cordell Hull 1944 - International Committee of the Red Cross 1938 - Nansen International Office for Refugees 1937 - Robert Cecil 1936 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas 1935 - Carl von Ossietzky 1934 - Arthur Henderson 1933 - Sir Norman Angell 1931 - Jane Addams, Nicholas Murray Butler 1930 - Nathan Söderblom 1929 - Frank B. Kellogg 1927 - Ferdinand Buisson, Ludwig Quidde 1926 - Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann 1925 - Sir Austen Chamberlain, Charles G. Dawes 1922 - Fridtjof Nansen 1921 - Hjalmar Branting, Christian Lange 1920 - Léon Bourgeois 1919 - Woodrow Wilson 1917 - International Committee of the Red Cross 1913 - Henri La Fontaine 1912 - Elihu Root 1911 - Tobias Asser, Alfred Fried 1910 - Permanent International Peace Bureau 1909 - Auguste Beernaert, Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant 1908 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Fredrik Bajer 1907 - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault 1906 - Theodore Roosevelt 1905 - Bertha von Suttner 1904 - Institute of International Law 1903 - Randal Cremer 1902 - Élie Ducommun, Albert Gobat 1901 - Henry Dunant, Frédéric Passy
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#2
10-12-2007, 03:58 AM
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I have been trying to find out why the Peace Prize alone is awarded in Oslo. Why that award and only that award. On wikipedia's page it simply says where they are awarded, not why, and I was wondering if anyone is able to enlighten me?
I'll add that I learnt a lot from this research, I had no idea of the history of the awards prior to it, nor the selection process and apparent discrepancies and controversy.
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10-12-2007, 05:40 AM
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Nobel Peace Prize - Al Gore
What do you think about this year laureate???
I personaly don't agree that Al Gore has done something really important to help and promote the world peace, but at least the nobel academy along with Al Gore also laureate The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).~ He doesn't deserve the prize because of the reasons above and because his documentary had some untruths. Last edited by tdarlene; 10-12-2007 at 05:46 AM.
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10-12-2007, 05:42 AM
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Al Gore is joint winner of Nobel peace prize - Telegraph
BBC NEWS | Europe | Gore and UN panel win Nobel prize Last edited by susan alicia; 10-12-2007 at 06:04 AM.
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10-12-2007, 06:03 AM
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"The Norwegian Parliament appoints the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which selects the Laureate for the Peace Prize. The Committee chairman, currently Dr. Ole Danbolt Mjřs, awards the Prize itself. At the time of Alfred Nobel's death Sweden and Norway were in a personal union in which the Swedish government was solely responsible for foreign policy, and the Norwegian Parliament was responsible only for Norwegian domestic policy. Alfred Nobel never explained [1] why he wanted a Norwegian rather than Swedish body to award the Peace Prize. As a consequence, many people have speculated about Nobel's intentions. For instance, Nobel may have wanted to prevent the manipulation of the selection process by foreign powers, and as Norway did not have any foreign policy, the Norwegian government could not be influenced." perhaps mr. nobel's decision had something to do with what it says, and he didn't want the prize to be manipulated. i however heard another explanation, i think, but not sure where. i'm quite happy mr. al gore is the selected nobel peace awardee for this year! he was also selected for the prince of asturias award, so i'm glad his efforts are being recognised!
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10-12-2007, 06:13 AM
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 goes to AL GORE from the United States.
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10-12-2007, 06:20 AM
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He shares it with the UN's International Panel on Climate Change.
Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize - Climate Change - MSNBC.com YEAH! I'm happy for him! What do you consider to be the untruths? I personally am happy for him/them. I saw his documentary and it definately opened my eyes and made me more conscious of what I can change in my life. Even if he got if for promoting awareness to the issue, it's worth it in my opinion. Last edited by norwegianne; 12-11-2007 at 07:44 PM.
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10-12-2007, 06:38 AM
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Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe - USATODAY.com
there was some upheavel about the fact that he does not practice what he preaches, someone I know said he just wants to earn more money with the environment bandwagon. But now he seems to have won a very special honor too......
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10-12-2007, 08:24 AM
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A very bad decision imo, there are far more deserving people who have spent a lifetime dedicating their lives to the care and welfare of others.
As for his film, well it's accuracy (or should that be inaccuracies) has been revealed in the High Court "Al Gore’s award-winning climate change documentary was littered with nine inconvenient untruths, a judge ruled yesterday." LINK
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10-12-2007, 08:42 AM
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Before anything gets started this is just a friendly reminder not to get political in this thread.
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10-12-2007, 09:24 AM
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Given that the man "works" for the environment, I can't figure out why he is winning the nobel PEACE prize. This is just not right.
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10-12-2007, 09:32 AM
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Because, as the bbc quotes:
"The Norwegian Nobel committee said it wanted to bring the "increased danger of violent conflicts and wars, within and between states" posed by climate change into sharper focus." Quote:
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10-12-2007, 09:44 AM
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Yes, well, the Nobel peace prize should go to someone who promotes peace. That is not Al Gores focus. If they want to focus on the environment, then maybe they should add a prize to the list.
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10-12-2007, 09:47 AM
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I think it is good that the award is getting some debate - it wouldn't be very interesting to have an award nobody cared about - and yes, the environment is important. But it is a bit like awarding the prize to Mother Teresa in '79 for the work with poverty, or Grameen Bank last year for microcredit - with war still going on in several places around the world, there should also be some who work for peace in more direct ways and who deserve the acknowledgement, somewhere.
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10-12-2007, 10:04 AM
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Peace 2007
do not know, I think mother Teresa, like the Dalai Lama and Aung San Suu Kyi are the only winners that ooze peacefulness in everything they have done, the rest of the winners (I do not recognize them all) have more or less something debatable.
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10-12-2007, 10:45 AM
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I completely disagree with Al Gore's win of the Nobel Peace Prize. I think it is ridiculous to put environmental awareness on the same level as Peace. Ed Begley, Jr. and Leo DiCaprio have been huge advocates for the environment, but I don't see them getting any recognition--and they LIVE the lifestyle they promote. Gore does not. Frankly, I can't stand him to begin with.
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10-12-2007, 10:52 AM
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Perhaps I've missed something, but what has Al Gore to do with peace?
Why not give the Prize to the Burmese monks?
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