Article: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS WINS PEACE PRIZE


United Press International
10-15-1999
Doctors without Borders wins Peace Prize

OSLO, Norway, Oct. 15 (UPI) _ Doctors without Borders, an international
humanitarian aid organization, has been awarded the 1999 Nobel Peace
Prize.

The Nobel committee cited the organization's pioneering humanitarian
work on several continents in making the announcement Friday morning.
The prize is worth about $960,000. The 1999 Nobel prizes will be handed
out Dec. 10 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee said, ``Doctors without Borders has
adhered to the fundamental principle that all disaster victims, whether
the disaster is natural or human in origin, have the right to
professional assistance ...

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