International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
The Nobel Peace Prize 2017

Founded: 2007 in Australia

Prize motivation: "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons."

Prize share: 1/1

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