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  Gustave Ador - LoveToKnow 1911
"GUSTAVE ADOR (1845-), Swiss statesman, a member of a family of Vaud, which in 1814 obtained the burghership of Geneva, and grandson of Jean Pierre Ador, who first obtained this right, was born at Geneva Dec. 23 1845.
After the enforced resignation of Arthur Hoffmann, Ador, in order to soothe the Entente, became a federal councillor or member of the Federal Executive in June 1917 and was entrusted with the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Towards the end of 1918 he was elected by Parliament to be the Swiss President for 1919, but retired from the Federal Executive at the end of his year of office.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gustave_Ador   (313 words)

  
 The Nobel Peace Prize 1917 - Presentation Speech
The Committee's objectives were: the creation, in all countries, of societies devoted to aiding the sick and wounded in time of war; the establishment of an international convention for the reciprocal protection of soldiers wounded on the battlefield; and the proclamation of the neutrality and inviolability of ambulances and hospitals.
Gustave Ador (1845-1928), Swiss statesman, resumed the Committee presidency for the period 1920-1928.
Ador was a federal councillor and in 1919 president of the Swiss Confederation.
nobelprize.org /nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1917/press.html   (859 words)

  
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 Recent publications
Gustave Ador: 58 ans d'engagement politique et humanitaire (Gustave Ador: 58 years of political and humanitarian commitment),
Proceedings of the Gustave Ador Seminar (Geneva, 1995), Gustave Ador Foundation, Geneva, 1996, 566 pp.
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gustave Ador, a historical seminar was held in Geneva to examine the different roles he played during his lifetime: statesman, Swiss delegate to the League of Nations, and President of the ICRC during the First World War.
www.icrc.org /Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/57JNJP   (664 words)

  
 Index Aa-Ag
It was hoped that Ador could restore foreign confidence and avoid the widening of domestic divisions.
Ador remains one of the rare Swiss statesmen to have acquired an international stature.
A founder (1958) of the Mouvement National Congolais, he became a senator in 1960 and was minister of the interior in the Joseph Iléo governments (1960, 1961).
members.fortunecity.com /ar1932/indexa1.html   (17605 words)

  
 Gustave Ador - Wikipédia
Gustave Ador, né le 23 décembre 1845 à Genève et mort le 31 mars 1928 dans sa résidence de Hauterive (Cologny), est un homme politique suisse.
Membre du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge dès 1870, il préside cette institution de 1910 à sa mort, succédant à Gustave Moynier, l'un de ses fondateurs.
Gustave Ador sur le site de la Confédération
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gustave_Ador   (179 words)

  
 Société Genevoise de Généalogie - Profil d'un personnage
Alice Perdonnet, fille de Gustave, banquier, p etite-fille de Vincent Perdonnet.
Son mandat sera entrecoupé par "l'affaire Ador" en 1902.
Membre du Comité international de la Croix-R ouge depuis 1870, il préside cette institution à partir de 1910, succéda nt à Gustave Moynier, l'un des fondateurs.
www.gen-gen.ch /p.aspx?a=20&P=471&IndID=1007   (1481 words)

  
 Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
Popovych wins GP Geneva: World Under 23 Champion, Ukrainian, Yaroslav Popovych of Landbouwkredit-Colnago won Saturday afternoons Grand Prix Geneva which was run in pouring rain.
Popovych beat his team mate Lorenzo Bernucci in a sprint finish on the Quai Gustave Ador on the lake front in Geneva.
The race was a triumph for the Belgian based Landbouwkredit team as they placed four riders in the first five places with only Russian Mihkail Timochine of the Italian Elite 2 team Zoccorinese-Vellutex breaking the stranglehold by finishing third.
www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=1486   (702 words)

  
 Parc des Eaux-Vives Geneva - Parc des Eaux-Vives Online Reservations in Geneva France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Driving directions: From Geneva Airport, take the A1 and continue for 7 km until the "Genève Centre" sign.
Follow the road into the center, and by the lake turn left onto "Quai Gustave Ador", which follows the south-west shore of the lake.
Please note that all direction instructions for Parc des Eaux-Vives will be included in the reservation confirmation e-mail that you recieve after the booking has been completed
www.eurhotels.fr /en/65061-parc-des-eaux-vives.aspx   (546 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Louis Appia": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Key Phrases in this book: United States, League of Nations, Sanitary Commission, Gustave Ador, Louis Appia, New York, national aid society, aux blesses, forming aid societies, voluntary aid societies, various central committees, neutral assistance (See more)
57; and Gustave Moynier and Louis Appia, La Guerre et la charit: trait thorique et pratique de philanthropie applique (Geneva: Cherbuliez, 1867).
Louis Appia, a philanthropic physician, and Adolph Ador, a counsellor of repute in Geneva, became interested in his views.
www.amazon.com /phrase/Louis-Appia   (502 words)

  
 Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva (BOOKINGS Suiza)
Direcciones si viene en coche: Desde el aeropuerto de Ginebra, tome la carretera A1 y continúe por 7 km hasta que vea la señal "Geneve Centre".
Siga por esta carretera en dirección al centro de la ciudad y cuando pase por el lago, gire a la izquierda hacia "Quai Gustave Ador", que va por el lado suroeste a lo largo de lago.
El hotel cuenta con aparcamiento gratuito (al aire libre).
www.hoteles-suiza.com /parc.des.eaux.vives.geneva.html   (1284 words)

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