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UN welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian civil coalition
The United Nations on Friday welcomed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet as a boost to activists driving peace efforts.
Published : 9 Oct 2015, 11:03 AM
Updated : 9 Oct 2015, 11:03 AM
Ahmad Fawzi, chief UN spokesman in Geneva, told a news briefing: "We need civilian society to help us move peace processes forward.
"This a brilliant example, I think Tunisia is one of the Arab countries that has done best since the so-called Arab Spring and the upheavals in that part of the world."
The Quartet is made up of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH), and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers.
Formed in the summer of 2013, it helped support the democratisation process in Tunisia when it was in danger of collapsing, said the Nobel Committee.
The team had negotiated to end a political deadlock in 2013 that threatened to scuttle the North African state's political transition after the fall of autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
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