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October 7, 2005
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addressing the media
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN agency and its Director Mohammed ElBaradei have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005, the committee's chairman Professor Ole Danbolt Mjøs announced today.
In the announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee emphasizes the role the IAEA plays in preventing military use of nuclear energy arms proliferation, and ensuring peaceful use of nuclear energy. Furthermore, the Committee notes that IAEA's work is in line with Alfred Nobel's original motivation for the Peace Prize, namely the reduction of standing armies. The committee expressed its belief that the increasing threat of nuclear arms today must be met through the broadest possible international cooperation, as exemplified in the work of the IAEA.
A spokeswoman for the IAEA, Melissa Flemming, said in Vienna: "I never thought we'd see this day. This is the proudest day for the IAEA. We are proud, astonished, elated."
The IAEA, headquartered in Vienna and established in 1957, seeks to prevent nuclear proliferation and promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy. It is currently involved in efforts to bring DPRK (North Korea) back to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) regime and verifying the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program. These negotiations have been difficult, and are viewed by some [1] as not very successful.
The 63-year old Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian-born lawyer, heads the agency since 1997 and was recently confirmed for a third term.
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L'Agence internationale de l'énergie atomique, basée à Vienne (Autriche) et son président M.ElBaradei ont reçu le Prix Nobel de la paix 2005.

Le comité norvégien insiste sur l'action préventive de l'AIEA sur des foyers de crise du nucléaire, pour éviter la prolifération. Le comité note également la connexion directe entre les actions de l'AIEA et l'idée qu'Alfred Nobel avait pour le prix de la paix : la réduction des armées. Le travail international de l'organisation serait, selon les juges, la seule manière pour contrer la prolifération.

AIEA, indiquait que ce jour était . Le président égyptien de l'agence qui veille au maintien du Traité de non-prolifération (TNP), Mohammed ElBaradei, a indiqué que le prix le renforçait dans ses actions contre la prolifération des armes nucléaires, notamment en Corée du Nord et en Iran.