Nobel Prize Winners & Call to Action for Decent Work
Yesterday the winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was announced: former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari. I think this is a wonderful choice! Mr Ahtisaari has shown remarkable dexterity and persistence in promoting peace, stability and democracy throughout the world during his long diplomatic career. He was instrumental in guiding Namibia to independence in 1990, [...]
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Octubre 12th, 2008 at 1:50 am
I regret that the much neglected language,Esperanto did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. At least nine British MP’s nominated this global language, for the Prize.
Within a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now placed within the top 100 languages, out of 6,000 worldwide according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language by Wikipedia, and it is in active use by Facebook and Skype.
Solid arguments for Esperanto can be seen on the Youtube video, by Professor Piron, a former translator at the United Nations.
If you have time please check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LV9XU
Octubre 24th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Lamentablemente hasta el Nobel está contaminado. Qué idea más noble para la comunicacion y la paz universal que el Esperanto. Aunque el esperanto quedó por encima del cantante Bono y de Green Pice laverdad es que motivos politicos y de proximidad hicieron que no se lo dieran.No creo en los políticos de ningún signo y por desgracia todo está politizado.