ICAN chief and Hiroshima attack survivor Setsuko receive 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at an awarding ceremony here on Sunday, for its efforts to give new momentum to the process of abolishing nuclear weapons.

At the ceremony held at the Oslo City Hall, ICAN chief Beatrice Fihn, and Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, received a medal and a diploma of the award, Xinhua news agency reported.

"ICAN is receiving the award for its work to draw attention to the



catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons," said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, at the ceremony.

She said this year's prize follows in a tradition of awards that have honoured efforts against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament.

In a joint Nobel lecture, Fihn called on all countries to help achieve "the end of nuclear weapons".