An international anti-nuclear-weapons group set up in Melbourne a decade ago has been presented with the Nobel (noh-BEL) Peace Prize.

Leader of the Nobel committee Berit Reiss-Andersen, left, presents the award to Hiroshima Survivor Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Fihn, leader of ICAN

Source: AAP

An international anti-nuclear-weapons group set up in Melbourne a decade ago has been presented with the Nobel (noh-BEL) Peace Prize. Excutive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, (EYE-kan) Beatrice Fihn (BEE-tris FIN) accepted the prestigious award in Norway. (sun) She says the existence of nuclear weapons means the threat of disaster is just a human error away.



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