Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to IAEA and Director General ElBaradei
Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Washington, DC
October 7, 2005
I congratulate the International Atomic Energy Agency and its Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, on being awarded
this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
In conferring this well-deserved honor on the IAEA, the Nobel Committee noted, "At a time when there is a danger that
nuclear arms will spread both to states and to terrorist groups, and when nuclear power again appears to be playing an
increasingly significant role, IAEA's work is of incalculable importance."
The United States is committed to working with the IAEA to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons technology.
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