Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical arms watchdog

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to chemical arms watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Ichiro Akiyama, a former Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force officer, is pictured after the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2013. Akiyama joined the ceremony as he served as the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the OPCW, created in 1997.

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