Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony takes place in Oslo The head of a watchdog group that advocates destroying chemical weapons has received the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital.Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, collected the award on Tuesday on behalf of the group, the Associated Press reports.Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said the "anonymous inspectors from the OPCW do an extremely important and difficult job," AP reports.
The head of a watchdog group that advocates destroying chemical weapons has received the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital.
Ahmet Uzumcu, director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, collected the award on Tuesday on behalf of the group, Associated Press reports.
Nobel committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said the "anonymous inspectors from the OPCW do an extremely important and difficult job," AP reports.
