Vaclav Havel

Selected Speeches and Writings 1990 - 1995


© Vaclav Havel

English Translations © Paul Wilson and others


New Year's Address to the Nation

Prague, January 1, 1990

The Polish Sejm and Senate

Warsaw, January 25, 1990

On the occasion of Vaclav Havel's first official visit to Poland.

A Joint Session of the U.S. Congress

Washington, D.C., February 21, 1990

On the occasion of Vaclav Havel's first official visit to the Unites States.

The Visit of German President Richard von Weizsacker

Prague, March 15, 1990

President Richard von Weizsacker's visit marked by fifty-first anniversary of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

A meeting of Leaders of Three Neighboring Countries

Bratislava Castle, April 21, 1990

A meeting of Hungarian, Polish and Czechoslovak presidents in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

A Welcoming Address to the Pope

Prague Castle, April 21, 1990

On the occasion of John Paul II's first official visit to Czechoslovakia.

The Hebrew University

Jerusalem, April 26, 1990

Vaclav Havel delivered this speech on being awarded an honorary doctorate by the university during a state visit to Israel.

The Council of Europe

Strasbourg, May 10, 1990

Vaclav Havel's address to the oldest European Intergovernmental organization of democratic states, Strasbourg, France.

The Salzburg Festival

Salzburg, July 26, 1990

With this address, Vaclav Havel, opened the 70th annual Salzburg music festival in Austria.

The Oslo Conference on "The Anatomy of Hate"

Oslo, August 28, 1990

Sponsored by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the theme of this conference was "The Anatomy of Hate: Resolving Conflict Though Dialogue and Democracy."

The United Nations World Summit for Children

New York, September 30, 1990

This was the first world summit conference devoted to children, with leaders from seventy one countries taking part.

1991-1994 under construction

"Czechs and Germans on the Way To a Good Neighbourship"

Charles University, Prague
17 February 1995

Address on the occasion of the presentation of the 1995 Geuzenpenning

Grote Kerk, Vlaardingen, The Netherlands

13 March 1995

National Press Club

Canberra, Australia

29 March 1995

Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand

31 March 1995

SHAPEX Conference

Mons, Belgium

27 April 1995

Address at the World War II Veterans' and Resistance Fighters' Assembly to Mark the 50th Anniversary of V-E Day

Third Courtyard, Prague Castle

8 May 1995

Address on the occasion of the conferment of the Catalonia International Prize

Barcelona, Spain

11 May 1995

Address to Welcome His Holiness Pope John Paul II

Prague-Ruzyne Airport

20 May 1995

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

June 8, 1995, 9.30 p.m.

Address on the occasion of the inauguration of the Human Rights Building

Strasbourg, France

29 June 1995

Address on the occasion of the conferment of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award upon Sergei Kovalev
* Commendation of the Laureate *

Nuremberg, Federal Republic of Germany

17 September 1995