Blix awarded Sydney Peace Prize

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Source: AAP

SWEDISH diplomat Hans Blix, chairman of the UN Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, has been awarded the 2007 Sydney Peace Prize.

The Sydney Peace Foundation, which announced the award this morning, said Dr Blix was the unanimous choice of the prize jury.

The citation reads: "Hans Blix, for principled and courageous opposition to proponents of war in Iraq, for lifelong advocacy of humanitarian law and non-violence and for leadership of disarmament programs to rid the world of weapons of terror".

Dr Blix, the former chief UN weapons inspector, declared in 2004 that the war in Iraq was illegal.
In 2003, he said Iraq had probably destroyed all its weapons of mass destruction in the early 1990s.



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[David__77]

1. He could have done so, so much more, so it seemed.

He reeked of cowardice and complicity from my standpoint. Perhaps I don't know the whole story and my perception is shaped by the media filter.

[ck4829]

2. K&R