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Norwegian The Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way. At a time when the threat of nuclear arms is again increasing, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to underline that this threat must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation. This principle finds its clearest expression today in the work of the IAEA and its Director General. In the nuclear non-proliferation regime, it is the IAEA which controls that nuclear energy is not misused for military purposes, and the Director General has stood out as an unafraid advocate of new measures to strengthen that regime. At a time when disarmament efforts appear deadlocked, when there is a danger that nuclear arms will spread both to states and to terrorist groups, and when nuclear power again appears to be playing an increasingly significant role, IAEA's work is of incalculable importance. In his will, Alfred Nobel wrote that the Peace Prize should, among other criteria, be awarded to whoever had done most for the "abolition or reduction of standing armies". In its application of this criterion in recent decades, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has concentrated on the struggle to diminish the significance of nuclear arms in international politics, with a view to their abolition. That the world has achieved little in this respect makes active opposition to nuclear arms all the more important today. Oslo, 7 October 2005
La Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica (AIEA), con sede en Viena, Austria y su presidente ElBaradei recibieron el Premio Nobel de la Paz 2005.

El comité Nobel noruego ha resaltado la acción preventiva de AIEA en los lugares donde se han presentado crisis nucleares, para evitar su proliferación. El comité resalta igualmente la conexión directa entre las acciones de la AIEA y la idea que tenía Alfred Nobel para el premio de la paz : la reducción de armas. El trabajo internacional de la agencia sería, según el comité Nobel noruego, la única forma para controlar la proliferación.

Un vocero de la AIEA, expresó que este día ha sido «el más bello para la agencia (...) Todos estamos orgullosos». El presidente egipcio de la agencia que vela por el cumplimiento del Tratado de no-proliferación (TNP), Mohammed ElBaradei, indicó que el premio lo refuerza en sus acciones contra la proliferación de armas nucleares, particularmente en Corea del Norte y en Irán.