The Nobel Peace Prize 2001

United Nations (U.N.)

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Prize share: 1/2

Kofi Annan

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 2001 was awarded jointly to United Nations (U.N.) and Kofi Annan "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world."

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