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The
Norwegian Nobel Committee:
The
Nobel Peace Prize for 1994 |
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to
award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1994, in alphabetical order, to Yasir
Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak
Rabin, for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.
For several decades, the conflict between
Israel and its neighbour states, and between Israelis and Palestinians, has been
among the most irreconcilable and menacing in international politics. The
parties have caused each other great suffering.
By concluding the Oslo Accords, and
subsequently following them up, Arafat, Peres and Rabin have made substantial
contributions to a historic process through which peace and cooperation can
replace war and hate.
In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel wrote that the Peace Prize could be awarded to
the person who, in the preceding year, "shall have done the most or the
best work for fraternity between nations". The award of the Nobel Peace
Prize for 1994 to Arafat, Peres and Rabin is intended by the Norwegian Nobel
Committee to honour a political act which called for great courage on both sides,
and which has opened up opportunities for a new development towards fraternity
in the Middle East. It is the Committee's hope that the award will serve as an
encouragement to all the Israelis and Palestinians who are endeavouring to
establish lasting peace in the region.
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