From: walterdeitinger@???
To: pilarcastel@???
Subject: I: PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NORWEGIAN PEACE COUNCIL
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:59:20 +0200
Ciao Pilar,
ti prego di far girare questo messaggio ricevuto da un’amica norvegese
Un caro saluto
Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: Trine
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 2:24 PM
Subject: Nobels Peaceprize to EU!
Most controversal and disappointing here in Norway. Molto controverso e deludente qui in Norvegia . Un premio politica, non di pace. Un premio del capo della comitè Nobel. Trine
http://norgesfredsrad.no/en/uncategorized-en/npc-thorbjorn-jagland-should-resign/#more
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE NORWEGIAN PEACE COUNCIL
October 12th, 2012
Head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee should resign
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is awarded to the European Union. The Norwegian Peace Council takes a critical stance to the endowment. Granting the EU the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 indicate its highly political dimension, awarding it to a project that for the past year has proven to represent the opposite of peace. The EU suffers from an extensive democratic deficit, with violations of human rights along increasing social inequality. Awarding the prize to the EU illustrates how the Norwegian Nobel Committee repeatedly appoints recipients that are irrelevant and who only serves to consolidate an already well-established societal power structure.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision does not comply with Alfred Nobel's mission statement, which sets out to reward peace activists’ efforts throughout the preceding year. To the contrary, the award promotes the Norwegian Nobel Committee's own interests and political visions. This shows that Thorbjørn Jagland’s earlier assurance that Alfred Nobel's will shall be respected is mere rhetoric.
The Norwegian Peace Council regards the bestowment of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 to the EU as a further confirmation of how the composition of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is overly political. We demand that the Norwegian Parliament considers the appointment of a new committee that includes competent peace activists and peace researchers with a much greater focus on international peace issues. The Norwegian Peace Council argues that the head of the Nobel Committee, Thorbjørn Jagland, should resign.
The Norwegian Peace Council
Hedda Langemyr, director
Tel: (+47) 95 27 48 22
