The Nobel Peace Prize 1995

Joseph Rotblat

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Prize share: 1/2

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 1995 was awarded jointly to Joseph Rotblat and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs "for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms."

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