Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins 2013 Nobel peace prize.

Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, currently working to destroy Syria's stock, is announced as winner.

The reasons for the award show the committee see Syria as an important part of the reason for giving the award to the OPCW, but by no means the only one. The key phrase is:"Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance the efforts to do away with such weapons."

It's something of an insurance clause for the committee – if efforts in Syria fail they can point to the wider need to eliminate chemical munitions.

【新聞快訊】挪威諾獎(jiǎng)委員會(huì)宣布，禁止化學(xué)武器組織獲得2013年諾貝爾和平獎(jiǎng)。

禁止化學(xué)武器組織(OPCW)獲得2013年諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)和平獎(jiǎng)。該組織是基于《禁止化學(xué)武器公約》宗旨于1997年5月建立的，總部設(shè)在荷蘭海牙，致力于徹底消除化學(xué)武器。在多次國(guó)際爭(zhēng)端中，該組織負(fù)責(zé)調(diào)查和幫助銷(xiāo)毀化武。最近在俄美達(dá)成處理敘化武協(xié)議后，該組織進(jìn)入敘利亞銷(xiāo)毀化武。