The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee announced Friday morning that the 2005 award would be shared between the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its director general, The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee announced Friday morning that the 2005 award would be shared between the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its director general, Mohamed ElBaradei.
"This came as a complete surprise to me," the IAEA director general told a Vienna press conference on Friday afternoon.
"I was watching the announcement on TV with my wife. Since no one had called, which is normal practice, I was sure that the IAEA would not be awarded the prize. Then I heard the bureau's name pronounced in Norwegian and then my own name spoken in Norwegian," ElBaradei said.
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