This Memoclip shows Willy BRANDT, Mohamed Anwar Al-SADAT, Lech WALESA, Desmond TUTU, Oscar ARIAS SANCHEZ, The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Mikhail GORBACHEV, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nelson MANDELA, Yasser ARAFAT, Yitzhak RABIN, José RAMOS-HORTA, Jody WILLIAMS, John HUME, Kim Dae-jung, Kofie ANNAN, Shirin EBADI, Rajendra PACHAURI, Martti AHTISAARI, Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF.

Brussels

Strasbourg

AUNG SAN, Suu Kyi

ANNAN, Kofi (GH)

DALAI LAMA

SADATE, Anouar El (EG, Muhammad Ahmad Anwar As-SADAT)

AHTISAARI, Martti (FI)

GORBACHEV, Mikhail

BRANDT, Willy (S, DE)

WALESA, Lech (PL)

HUME, John (PSE, UK)

EBADI, Shirin (IR)

DAE JUNG, Kim

MENCHU, Rigoberta (GT)

RAMOS HORTA, Jose

JOHNSON SIRLEAF, Ellen (LR)

YUNUS, Muhammad (BD)

TUTU, Desmond (ZA)

WILLIAMS, Jody

European Union, 2012 Nobel Peace Prize (T)

ARIAS SANCHEZ, Oscar Rafael (CR)

Memoclip: EU Nobel Peace Prize - The EP meeting place for the Nobel Peace Prize awardees

Title: Memoclip: EU Nobel Peace Prize - The EP meeting place for the Nobel Peace Prize awardees

Willy BRANDT, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1971, Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1983 - EP Brussels, 25/11/1982

Soundbite (English) Mohamed Anwar Al-SADAT, President of Egypt, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1978 for the joint peace negotiation between Egypt and Israel - EP Luxembourg, 10/02/1981 : "For those who aspire to a better world, I have a promise to sacrifice my life for that goal. And for those who suffer from despair and fear, I have a dream of a new dawn that would rekindle hope in every heart. I have a dream of a new world where the strong are just and the weak secure and the peace preserved. Together we shall endeavour until the day comes when they beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks." (Standing ovation)

Soundbite (Polish) Lech WALESA, Founder of Solidarność, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1983 (Brussels, 04/04/1991): "I am speaking here animated by a deep emotion. Your organization (N.B. The European Parliament) is unique in the world. Created on the basis of free elections, it is the soul of democratic Europe."

Soundbite (English) Desmond TUTU, Bishop of Johannesburg, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1984 - EP, Brussels 02/12/1992: "I'm very glad to be here (...). The parliamentarians (of Europe) have had justice, peace, compassion and humanity at hearth. They have been deeply committed in the struggle for justice and peace."

Soundbite (Spanish) Oscar ARIAS SANCHEZ, President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1987 for being the initiator of peace negotiations in Central America - EP, Brussels, 03/09/2008 : "At that time, Europe was the answer to our prayers. The moral support of this continent legitimised our efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflicts, a Central American solution to Central American problems. The international aid that you provided us with at that time was extensive and generous, and it was a symbol of Europe&rsquo;s genuine desire to help with the progress of the Central American nations."

<p>Soundbite (English) The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1989 - EP, Brussels, 24/04/1990: "The European Community itself is an example of what I mean by universal responsibility. Here, people have come together has a result of greater sense of common responsibility and shared vision. I hope that one day all nations will be drowned together for a human understanding of one another."</p>

Soundbite (Russian) Mikhail GORBACHEV, Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his help to bring the Cold War to an end - EP, Brussels, 12/02/2009 (International Conference "Peace with water"): "We have to give credit to Europe who assumed a leadership role in the efforts to develop a new global environmental agenda and right now we see a beginning of the reactions of many countries to this initiative taken by Europe."

Soundbite (English) Aung San Suu Kyi, Laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and of the Sakharov Prize of the EP in 1990 - Rangoon, 29/02/2012: "I don't think that the world became aware of the Burmese situation without the Sakharov Prize and the Nobel Prize. This focus on what happened in Burma helped us a lot. I must add that the Sakharov Prize came at the time when the Burmese Democracy Movement was passing through his darkest day and thus we really appreciated that."

Rigoberta Mench&uacute; Tum, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1992 for her Campaigner for human rights, especially for indigenous peoples - EP, Strasbourg 08/02/1994

Soundbite (English), Nelson MANDELA, Nobel Peace Price in 1993 - EP, Strasbourg, 13/06/1990: "We thank you that by your ceaseless efforts and those of the millions of people you represent, you liberated from prison so many of us, (...) Your actions in pursuit of the cause of the release of all South African political prisoners and the emancipation of our people from racial bondage have served as a vindication of the nobility of the human spirit.

Soundbite (Arab) Yasser ARAFAT, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1994, awarded for the efforts to create peace in the Middle East - EP, Brussels, 13/12/1993: "Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, once again, I would like to express my pleasure in being able to address this House. Once again, I reaffirm that we expect a great deal of Europe. And once again, I reaffirm the commitment of my people to work towards consolidating peace, both in Palestine and in the region."

Soundbite (English) Yitzhak RABIN, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1993, for the efforts to create peace in the Middle East - EP, Brussels, 01/12/1993: "I really feel a sense of history in speaking to those who represent countries and peoples that for more than a thousand years have spearheaded the progress of civilization and set an example to the whole world. In European societies technology has reached a high peak but, more important, those societies have produced a new way of life, a new form of society and government -1 refer to the democratic way of life: rule by the people, of the people, for the people."

Soundbite (English) Jos&eacute; RAMOS-HORTA, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1996 for the work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor, EP, Brussels : "You gave us a forum when no where else we were given a voice to speak."

Soundbite (English): Jody WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1997, for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines - EP, Brussels, 16/06/2005: "I believe in human security, I believe that if we need the basic needs of the majority of the planet we help to ensure the possibility of more security for us all. And what we have done in working together in the mine banning movement is provide a different model, of that possibility of a different world view."

Soundbite (in English), John HUME, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1998 for the efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland, MEP from 1979 to 2004, EP, Strasbourg, 20/10/1998: "

Kim Dae-jung, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2000 for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular - EP, Strasbourg, 11/12/2001

Soundbite (English) Kofie ANNAN, Sakharov Peace Prize Laureate in 2001 with the United Nations for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world and EP Sakharov Prize laureate in 2003 - EP, Brussels, 29/01/2004: "In its long history, Europe has seen more than its fair share of war, tyranny and terrible suffering. But Europeans have replaced that with a future of hope. You have pursued the path of peace through multilateralism. And today, the European Union is a shining light of tolerance, human rights, and international cooperation."

Shirin EBADI, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2003, for her efforts for democracy and human rights in Iran and the Muslim world in general - EP, Strasbourg, 20/10/2005

Soundbite (English) Muhammad YUNUS, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 2006 for the efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below - EP, Brussels, 26/2/1998: "The less you have the higher priority you get. And if you have nothing you have highest priority. (...) We talk about accepting credit as a Human right. I argue this because we talk about right to shelter, right to food, right to health... That's Human rights."

Soundbite (English) Rajendra PACHAURI, President of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2007 for the efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change - EP, Brussels, 25/03/2008 : "In terms of what you can do, within Europe itself, the guiding principle would be what Mahatma Gandhi said "be the change you want to see in the world". I think Europe can lead by example, Europe can develop technologies or approaches by which the rest of the world can also emulate your example."

Soundbite (English) Martti AHTISAARI, Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts - PE, Brussels, 25/04/2012: "The EU is unique to promote peace, stability and development globally. It has its own history as a peace project and is a model to promote peace and prosperity trough regional integration. The EU has great advantage as a peace maker. The EU has a great potential to act and support mediation process."

Soundbite (English) Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women&rsquo;s rights to full participation in peace-building work - EP, Strasbourg, 26/09/2006: "Yet, I am pleased to tell you, Liberians are resilient people. For even after everything they have endured, the people of Liberia have faith in new beginnings. They are counting on me and our administration to create the conditions that will guarantee the realisation of their dreams. Their dreams are not complicated. They just want the simple things that most people take for granted: to live their lives in peace, get a good education and to be able to provide for their families. Those things are not too much for Liberians to dream about."