Amnesty International on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize going to the Syrian weapons inspectors OPCW, but warned that more needs to be done in the region.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons beat Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for campaigning for female education widely tipped for this year’s peace prize, to bag the coveted award for its role overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal.
“This is a worthy winner, and a choice that reaffirms international principles against use of chemical weapons and other banned weapons that cause untold suffering,” said Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International.