"We
have had a very long meeting because we have had an unusual number of
extraordinary candidates and in this international situation we have
been trying to take account of many challenges to peace in the world. We
have been concerned with the transition to democracy, we have been
concerned with ethnic conflicts and with the respect for minorities and
after looking at this list of candidates, we have chosen two; The first
is the King of Spain, for his role in guaranteeing the transition to
democracy, for his continuing contribution to the protection of
minorities in the transition to democracy, and for the international
role of conciliation that Spain has played.
The
second is Jimmy Carter, who in his capacity as Chairman of the Carter
Center and in his own person has on many occasions contributed to the
pursuit of peace in many different parts of the world and who, as a
private citizen, succeeded in making such a contribution even before the
government of his country had requested him to do so."
Statement
made by Dr Henry A. Kissinger, announcing the prizewinners on 10 january
1995.
The
official ceremony was held on 5 December 1995 at the
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Foundation
(Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire)
Addresses
and messages
ALIOUNE
TRAORÉ
Executive Secretary of the Prize
TRIBUTES
TO YITZHAK RABIN
TRIBUTES
TO PRESIDENT
FELIX HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNY
FEDERICO
MAYOR
Director-General of UNESCO
ABDOU
DIOUF
President of the Républic of Senegal
GUESTS
ON THE PODIUM
PIERRE
ELLIOT TRUDEAU
Representing the President of the Jury
H.
M. JUAN CARLOS I
King of Spain
“ Peace
is thus a way of being and living , and of desiring and aspiring ,
within the limits required by coexistence and with a clear understanding
of the reality of one's fellow beings and the equal legitimacy of their
rights and aspirations as compared to ours. ”
JIMMY
CARTER
Former President of the United States of America
“ I
believe that war is the greatest violation of basic human rights that
one people can inflict upon another."
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