Nobel Peace Prize 2005

In 2005, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, for their work for a safer and more peaceful world. The Committee honoured the IAEA and its leader "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."