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ICAN receives 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at ceremony held in Oslo, Norway. The award was received by Beatrice Fihn, leader of ICAN and Hiroshima nuclear bombing survivor Setsuko Thurlow. ICAN, a coalition of 468 grassroots non-governmental groups has been in forefront of pushing for end to ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize • Awards • ICAN • International • UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Nobel Peace Prize 2017 awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Norwegian Nobel Committee has selected Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of non-governmental organisations from over 100 countries around globe for 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honoured ICAN for its decade-long campaign to get rid the world of atomic bomb and for its work to draw attention to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2017
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: 2017 Nobel Peace Prize • Awards • ICAN • International • International Organisations • Norwegian Nobel Committee • Nuclear disarmament