Prize to Bono in the 9th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates

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Translate from French: (Une pleiade de Prix Nobel de la paix a l'Hotel de Ville - Paris.fr)

"A galaxy of Nobel Peace Prize at the Hotel de Ville

From 11 to December 13, Paris became the capital of peace: the 9th Summit of Nobel Peace Prize was greeted at City Hall. The prize for the 2008 edition will be delivered Friday to Bono, lead singer and humanitarian activist. Among others, former Polish President Lech Walesa, South Africa Frederik Willem de Klerk and the Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt.

What common ground between the former Solidarity leader, Lech Walesa, South Africa Frederik Willem de Klerk, the pacifist

Mairead Corrigan Maguire and politician John Hume, both Irish? All received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The 9th edition of the Summit of Nobel Peace Prize is received from 11 to December 13 at the Hotel de Ville in Paris. This initiative of Gorbachev committee, chaired by the former president of the Soviet Union, was hosted by the city of Rome since its inception. This new session will be opened by the Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, and Walter Veltroni, co-chair the summit and former mayor of Rome.

Under the banner of human rights

This extraordinary meeting coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Individual rights, women's rights, right to water ... The summit discussions will revolve around the defense of human rights. In addition to a galaxy of Nobel Prize, many politicians involved in the event: Ingrid Betancourt, Kerry Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy-JFK-brother, but the singer Bono: the U2 star is actively involved in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and campaigning for debt cancellation of Third World countries. Fighting for his humanitarian Bono will receive the prize Friday noon the summit of peace in 2008."

U2fanlife.com:wave:
 
nooo wayy...

Like, I'm surprised. Sure something I never expected. The translation isn't perfect but it seems accurate, tho I'm not sure what pléiade means.

But aren't the nobel prizes handed out in Sweden?



Edit: From the nobel peace site:

Nobel Week in Stockholm and Nobel Peace Prize Events in Oslo 2008
October 20, 2008

The Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel are awarded in Stockholm, where the Laureates in these categories participate in an extensive programme during the Nobel Week. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, where the Laureates attend the traditional events of the Nobel Days. The programme below presents the official events of 2008.

December 9
Press Conference with the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Henrik Ibsens Gate 51, Oslo, 1:00 p.m. Press accreditation required. Please contact the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, phone: +47 22 24 31 49.

December 10
Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, including the Nobel Lecture, Oslo City Hall, 1:00 p.m.

Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Oslo, 7:00 p.m.







http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/all/index.html


2008 - Peace, Martti Ahtisaari
 
And here's more about the summit:

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureats | Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network

This year's theme is Human Rights and a World Without Violence




Every year, Nobel Peace Prize winners gather for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, with the purpose of developing strategies and policies to further international peace and universal human rights. This year Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev and Betty Williams are just some of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates expected to attend.
David Taylor Ives is executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Ha has been invited to address the summit this year in Paris. WNPR's Ray Hardman spoke with Ives from his home in Rhinebeck, New York.
 
No, no, it's not the Nobel Peace Price, as someone pointed out, Martti Ahtisaari won it this year. It's confusing because of the bad translation of the original article. This is a commité led by Gorbachov with Peace Prize winners, they give out an award every year to a person for their humanitarian efforts. I think Bob Geldof got the award last year.

Proud of Bono. :up:
 
bono_212 said:
And here's more about the summit:

The World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureats | Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network

This year's theme is Human Rights and a World Without Violence




Every year, Nobel Peace Prize winners gather for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, with the purpose of developing strategies and policies to further international peace and universal human rights. This year Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev and Betty Williams are just some of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates expected to attend.

David Taylor Ives is executive director of the Albert Schweitzer Institute at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Ha has been invited to address the summit this year in Paris. WNPR's Ray Hardman spoke with Ives from his home in Rhinebeck, New York.
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Yes, as stated previously in this thread, the award that Bono will be given is an award from previous Nobel Peace Prize winners for his humanitarian activities. :cute:


It is NOT the official Nobel Peace Prize but an award of this stature will not go unnoticed by the official Nobel Peace Prize Committee in making their decisions in the years to come.


BRAVO, B0N0 ! :applaud:



Mulago Positive Women’s Network :up:
 
Rosebud said:
I think so too, and in case you didn't know, he has indeed been nominated for the NPP before.
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Yes, he has been nominated several times already. I cannot judge if he deserves it, but if al Gore deserves the Peace Prize than even I deserve it.

Anyway it is all dependant on these people:

Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Berge Furre, Sissel Marie Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn and Kaci Kullmann Five.
 
Well, according to South Park...he's got a whole house full of these kind of awards...HE'S GOT TO B #1 AT EVERYTHING, CAN'T SETTLE FOR #2
 
I think they are having some kind of Peace Prize concert in Oslo tonight. Will be shown on Swedish television. Scarlet Johansen and Michael Caine are the hosts. Do you think Bono will be there?
 
Does anyone know when exactly Bono will receive the prize, because it says the summit is Dec. 11-13. It will be held in Paris, btw.
 
^ Thank you. :)

Btw, the date is Friday, December 12, so it's tomorrow at noon.

Hopefully there will be a video or Bono's speech somewhere.
 
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summer 2009 concert statement (see WTAHNN thread)
 
That haircut takes years off him... His image there is like a weird hybrid of Pop era Bono with the shades and haircut and Joshua Tree era Bono with the suit jacket and the scarf. it kinda works! What if the album is a mixture of those two eras as well...!!! :drool:
 
MrBTH said:
That haircut takes years off him... His image there is like a weird hybrid of Pop era Bono with the shades and haircut and Joshua Tree era Bono with the suit jacket and the scarf. it kinda works! What if the album is a mixture of those two eras as well...!!! :drool:
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It reaaaaaally works...:cute:



You said: "What if the album is a mixture of those two eras as well...!!! " ?

Just ..........:heart: :faint:
 
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