Toward a Civil Society Selected Speeches and Writings 1990 - 1994 Nakladatelstvi Lidove noviny

Contents

The Polish Sejm and Senate
Warsaw, January 25, 1990

A Joint Session of the U.S. Congress
Washington D.C., February 21, 1990

The Visit of German President Richard von Weizsäcker
Prague, March 15, 1990

A Meeting of Leaders of Three Neighboring Countries
Bratislava Castle, April 9, 1990

A Welcoming Address to the Pope
Prague Castle, April 21, 1990

The Hebrew University
Jerusalem, April 26, 1990

The Council of Europe
Strasbourg, May 10, 1990

The Salzburg Festival
Salzburg, July 26, 1990

The Oslo Conference on "The Anatomy of Hate"
Oslo, August 28, 1990

The United Nations World Summit for Children
New York, September 30, 1990

New Year's Address to the Nation
Prague, January 1, 1991

The International Prize of Charles the Great
Aachen. May 9, 1991

The Sonning Prize
Copenhagen, May 28, 1991

150th Anniversary of the Birth of Antonín Dvorak
Nelahozeves, September 8, 1991

A Concert in Memory of Czechoslovak Holocaust Victims
Prague, October 19, 1991

University of California
Los Angeles, October 25, 1991

New York University
New York City, October 27, 1991

New Year's Address to the Nation
Prague, January 1, 1992

World Economic Forum
Davos, February 4, 1992

Dinner in Honor of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Prague, February 27, 1992

Conference on Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius)
Prague, March 23, 1992

Asahi Hall
Tokyo, April 23, 1992

The Academy of Humanities and Political Sciences
Paris, October 27, 1992

Wroclaw University
Wroclaw, December 21, 1992

The George Washington University
Washington, D.C., April 22, 1993

The Onassis Prize for Man and Mankind
Athens, May 24, 1993

Unveiling the Memorial Plaque to Ludwig Czech
Terezín, September 1, 1993

Council of Europe Summit
Vienna, October 8, 1993

The Co-responsibility of the West
December 22, 1993

New Year's Address to the Nation
Prague, January 1, 1994

The Indira Gandhi Prize
New Delhi, February 8, 1994

Chulalungkorn University
Bangkok, February 12, 1994

European Parliament
Strasbourg, March 8, 1994

International Theater Day
Prague, March 27, 1994

The Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Philadelphia, July 4,1994

Special thanks from the Lidové noviny Publishing house to the Office of the President of the Czech Republic, Dasa Oberreignerova, and Paul Wilson for assistance with this book.

Published by Lidove noviny Publishing house, Ltd. Jana Masaryka 56, Prague 2

® Vaclav Havel
English translation ® Paul Wilson and others
Edited by Paul Wilson
Design ® Rostislav Vanek
Cover photograph ® Jiri Jiru

The text of this book was set by Ludek Kubik [Ester's]
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ISBN 80-7106-112-3