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Article: Annan, UN awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 12, 2001
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OSLO, Norway--The United Nations and Kofi Annan, its secretary-
general, were awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize today for
"helping achieve peace and security in the world," said the Norwegian
committee that picks the winner.
The Nobel committee said the United Nations and Annan would share
the $943,000 award in equal parts. It cited the United Nations for
being at the forefront of efforts to achieve peace and security in
the world. Annan, who has devoted almost his entire working life to
the world body, was lauded for "bringing new life to the
organization."
UN spokesman Fred Eckhard called the award "a vote of confidence
in our common future."
"Since the end of the cold war, the UN has ...