Тhe Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013.

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2013 is to be awarded to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons,” says the official statement.

In September OPCW confirmed the plan of destroying chemical weapons in Syria.

“Disarmament figures prominently in Alfred Nobel’s will. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has through numerous prizes underlined the need to do away with nuclear weapons. By means of the present award to the OPCW, the Committee is seeking to contribute to the elimination of chemical weapons,” the official statement reads.

Earlier Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai was named as the main candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.