[Location - Date:OSLO, NORWAY -- JUNE 16][Source:][VO:]as the days and months went by.... And news of reactions to the award came over the airwavees....i began to understand the significance of the nobel prize...it had made me real once again...it had drawn me back into the wider human community....and what is more important....the nobel prize had drawn the attention of the world...to the struggle for democracy...and human rights in burma....we were not going to be forgotten...there will be changes in a positive direction....steps toward democratization have been taken....if I advocate cautious optimism...it is not because I do not have faith in the future....but because I don't want to encourage blind faith....without faith in the future...without the conviction that democratic values and fundamental human rights are not only necessary but possible for our society....our movement could not have been sustained throughout the destroying years....when the nobel committee chose to honor me....the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow...for this I thank the committee...the people of norway...and people's all over the world whose support has strengthened my faith in the common quest of peace...thank you."(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: -------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: ned barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: Nobel Media / AP television-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ned barker----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: *No Access Norway * Live television transmission with one repeat within 48 hours; * live streaming from the licensee's internet platforms; and * up to 3 minutes of news edits on the licensee's television and internet platforms until June 23, 2012. * no archive rights, no third-party rights or resale. No alteration of content. No commercials or sponsorship billboards may be attached. Nobel Media holds the copyright. Please contact Nobel Media if you have questions: Nobel Media, Allegra Grevelius, allegra.grevelius@nobelmedia.se tel +46 8 663 6136----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): no access norway --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: vt1271AP-APTN-1430: NORWAY SUU KYI 4