{"id":32228,"date":"2017-10-06T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=32228"},"modified":"2017-10-06T11:57:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T11:57:36","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/nobel-peace-prize-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel Peace Prize for 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32229 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Nobel Peace Prize\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/DLcUjSoX4AAmDbB.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 6th October, 2017 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organization is receiving the award 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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This landmark global agreement was adopted in New York on 7 July 2017.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICAN began in Australia and was officially launched in Vienna, Austria in 2007.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICAN have worked to build a powerful global groundswell of public support for the abolition of nuclear weapons.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">By engaging a diverse range of groups and working alongside the Red Cross and like-minded governments, ICAN have helped reshape the debate on nuclear weapons and generate momentum towards elimination.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN secretary-general praised ICAN in 2012 \u201cfor working with such commitment and creativity in pursuit of our shared goal\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Nobel Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by a committee of five persons who are chosen by the Norwegian Storting (Parliament of Norway).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Awarded to 131 Nobel Laureates since 1901.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">3 Peace Prize Laureates have been under arrest at the time of the award: German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/2017\/press.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/nobel_prizes\/peace\/laureates\/2017\/press.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icanw.org\/campaign\/campaign-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.icanw.org\/campaign\/campaign-overview\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 6th October, 2017 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). 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