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Main office building of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. Image licensed under the Creative Commons.
The UN-backed chemical weapons watchdog the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) today won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said.
It was honoured "for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons," Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said.
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