Gobat

(In 1906-1908 Gobat coordinated both groups, further underlining the close relationship between them.)

The Nobel Peace Prize 1901-2000 2001

Ducommun, veteran peace advocate and the first honorary secretary of the International Peace Bureau, and to Charles Albert Gobat, first Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and who later became Secretary General of the International Peace Bureau.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1901-2000 2001

They have all the levity and instability of the Negro character; light-minded as the Abyssinians, — described by Gobat as constant in nothing but inconstancy, — soft, merry, and affectionate souls, they pass without any apparent transition into

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

For a discussion of many of these rules of conduct, see the Nobel lectures given by Gobat and Renault, pp. 30-38; 143-166.

Elihu Root - Nobel Lecture 1912

Gobat follows the casuistic method, treating the different questions in a clear and simple style with solidity and erudition, applying them especially to existing conditions in Germany, conditions well known to him from the confessional and the numerous cases referred to him for settlement.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Gobat, Albert, Développement du Bureau international permanent de la paix.

Permanent International Peace Bureau - History of Organization 1910

The date is correct; Albert Gobat shared the prize for 1902 but delivered his lecture in 1906.

Fredrik Bajer - Nobel Lecture 1908

For detailed discussion of this Convention, see the Nobel lectures of laureates Albert Gobat and Louis Renault, pp. 31-35;

Élie Ducommun - Nobel Lecture 1902

After the twelfth Interparliamentary Conference of 1904 in St. Louis passed a resolution calling for a second Hague Peace Conference, it was Gobat who acted as the Union's spokesman in asking U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to appeal to all nations to participate in such conference. 1

Albert Gobat - Biography 1902

Bureau, a position he filled without remuneration for the next seventeen years, Gobat supervised the details of setting up the annual conferences, prepared the agenda, arranged for the publication of the proceedings (beginning in 1896), edited a monthly publication to which he frequently made personal contributions, encouraged members to sponsor within their own legislatures proposals to improve relations among nations.

Albert Gobat - Biography 1902