Kofi Annan receiving his Nobel Peace Prize from Gunnar Berge, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, 10 December 2001.

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View of the Oslo City Hall during the Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December 2001, where the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. Receiving the Prize on behalf of the UN was the President of the U.N. General Assembly, South Korean Foreign Minister Han Seung-soo.

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Kofi Annan and Han Seung-soo, President of the U.N. General Assembly, receiving their Nobel Prize medals and diplomas at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony at the Oslo City Hall in Norway, 10 December 2001.

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2001 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kofi Annan giving his Nobel Lecture at the Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, 10 December.

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Kofi Annan giving his Nobel Lecture.

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Kofi Annan during a press conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, December 2001.

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Kofi Annan signing the guest book during his visit to the Norwegian Nobel Institute, December 2001.

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Kofi Annan and his wife Nane watching photos of previous peace laureates in the Committee room at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, December 2001.

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Kofi Annan and Han Seung-soo, President of the U.N. General Assembly, viewing the traditional torch light procession in Oslo from a balcony at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2001.

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