Editing Mohamed ElBaradei (section)

=== 2005 Nobel Peace Prize ===
On 7 October 2005, ElBaradei and the [[IAEA]] were announced as joint recipients of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for their "efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy, for peaceful purposes, is used in the safest possible way." ElBaradei donated all of his winnings to building [[orphanage]]s in [[Cairo]]. The IAEA's winnings are being spent to train scientists from developing countries to use nuclear techniques in combating cancer and malnutrition. ElBaradei is the fourth Egyptian to receive the Nobel Prize, following [[Anwar Sadat]] (1978 in Peace), [[Naguib Mahfouz]] (1988 in Literature), and [[Ahmed Zewail]] (1999 in Chemistry).

In [http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2005/ebsp2005n020.html his Nobel lecture], ElBaradei said that the changing landscape of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament may be defined by the emergence of an extensive black market in nuclear material and equipment, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and sensitive nuclear technology, and the stagnation in [[nuclear disarmament]]. To combat proliferation, ElBaradei has suggested keeping nuclear and radiological material out of the hands of extremist groups, tightening control over the operations for producing the nuclear material that could be used in weapons, and accelerating disarmament efforts.<ref name=NP2005>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-lecture-en.html The Nobel Foundation: Mohamed ElBaradei, The Nobel Peace Prize 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804152356/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2005/elbaradei-lecture-en.html |date=4 August 2016 }}</ref> ElBaradei also stated that only one percent of the money spent to develop new weapons would be enough to feed the entire world and that, if we hope to escape self-destruction, nuclear weapons should have no place in our collective conscience and no role in our security.

[[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] said that he was delighted that the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to the UN nuclear watchdog and its head, ElBaradei. "The secretary general congratulates him and the entire staff of the agency, past and present, on their contributions to global peace," a spokesman for Annan said.<ref name=PeoplesDailyNobel>[http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/08/eng20051008_213260.html ''Peoples Daily'': Int'l community hails IAEA, ElBaradei's winning of Nobel Peace Prize] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514105318/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200510/08/eng20051008_213260.html |date=14 May 2013 }}</ref>

==== Postage issues ====
[[Egypt Post]] on 8 October 2005 commemorated this award by issuing a set of two postage stamps.<ref>[http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=EG029.05 Stamps number EG029.05 and EG030.05] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050757/http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps?search%5Blike%5D=EG029.05 |date=4 March 2016 }} (of the [[WADP Numbering System]] commemorating the awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei</ref> On 1 June 2009, to commemorate 4th Extraordinary Session of [[PAPU]] Plenipotentiary Conference held in Cairo between 1 and 9 June,<ref>[http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Media_Center/latest_News/News/649 MCIT | News | Egypt Post to Host the Fourth PAPU Extraordinary Session] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801001721/http://www.mcit.gov.eg/Media_Center/latest_News/News/649 |date=1 August 2016 }}</ref> Egypt Post issued a set of 16 stamps bearing African winners of Nobel Prizes, among which one is of ElBaradei<ref>[http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/EG021.09 Stamp number EG021.09] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030638/http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/EG021.09 |date=4 March 2016 }} of the [[WADP Numbering System|WNS]] commemorating the 4th Extraordinary Session of PAPU Plenipotentiary Conference]</ref>