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Article: Annan, U.N. Share Nobel Peace Prize
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 12, 2001
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The United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan were
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year for their work toward
creating a better organized and more peaceful world, the Norwegian
Nobel Committee announced in Oslo Friday.
The end of the cold war has made it possible for the U.N. to
perform more fully the part it was originally intended to play, said
the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
"Today the organization is at the forefront of efforts to achieve
peace and security in the world, and of the international
mobilization aimed at meeting the world's economic, social and
environmental challenges."
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