Nobel Peace Prize to anti-nuclear NGO group in call to eliminate world's nukes
Nobel Peace Prize to anti-nuclear NGO group in call to eliminate world's nukes
We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time, the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize said as it conferred the award to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Peace Prize calls "upon nuclear-armed states to initiate negotiations to gradual elimination of the world's 15,000 nuclear weapons," the Nobel committee that awarded the prize said.
"The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons," the Nobel Peace Prize committee said.
"ICAN has in the past year given the efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons a new direction and new vigour," the committee said. "ICAN has been the leading civil society actor in the effort to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law."
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which said in a release that "We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time.The committee also went on to say that the next step in reaching a nuclear-free world "must involve the nuclear-armed states."
"This year's Peace Prize is therefore also a call upon these [nuclear] states to initiate serious negotiations with a view to the gradual, balanced and carefully monitored elimination of the almost 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world,"
The committee said.
This was the 14th Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded in the field of arms control and disarmament. The most notable among the 13 previous Peace Prize recipients is former US President Barack Obama who was awarded the Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
After announcing the 2017 Nobel Prize for Peace, the committee also released a short audio clip of the moment when Beatrice Fihn, the Executive Director of ICAN, recieved the news that her organisation was being given the award. Listen in.
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was today awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Peace Prize calls "upon nuclear-armed states to initiate negotiations to gradual elimination of the world's 15,000 nuclear weapons," the Nobel committee that awarded the prize said.
"The organization is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons," the Nobel Peace Prize committee said.
"ICAN has in the past year given the efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons a new direction and new vigour," the committee said. "ICAN has been the leading civil society actor in the effort to achieve a prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law."
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which said in a release that "We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time.The committee also went on to say that the next step in reaching a nuclear-free world "must involve the nuclear-armed states."
"This year's Peace Prize is therefore also a call upon these [nuclear] states to initiate serious negotiations with a view to the gradual, balanced and carefully monitored elimination of the almost 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world,"
The committee said.
This was the 14th Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded in the field of arms control and disarmament. The most notable among the 13 previous Peace Prize recipients is former US President Barack Obama who was awarded the Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".
After announcing the 2017 Nobel Prize for Peace, the committee also released a short audio clip of the moment when Beatrice Fihn, the Executive Director of ICAN, recieved the news that her organisation was being given the award. Listen in.
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