MOHAMED ELBARADEI

2005 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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.

• Born: June 17, 1942
• Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt
• Nationality: Egypt
• Education:
  • University of Cairo, B.S. Law, 1962
  • New York University of Law, PhD International Law, 1974
• Biographical highlights:
  • 1964 Began career in Egyptian Diplomatic Service
  • 1974-78 Special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt
  • 1980 Senior Fellow in charge of the Internaional Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
  • 1981-87 Adjunct Professor of Internatinal Law at NYU School of Law
  • 1997-Present Director General of the IAEA
• Quotes
  • If the world does not change course, we risk self-destruction. (12 Feb 2004, New York Times Op Ed Contribution)
  • We need to bite the bullet and see how we can move beyond nuclear weapons deterrence, and I think that we have not done that yet. (21 October 2003, Arms Control Today Interview)

• Books on Mohamed ElBaradei
• Books on Nuclear Non-proliferation

• Prize co-recipient: International Atomic Energy Agency
• Discuss your reaction
• Biography at IAEA
• Official award announcement and brief background

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• The Nobel Lecture given by Mohamed ElBaradei (submitted by Lara)
• ElBaradei: SECURITY IN AN INTERDEPENDENT WORLD (submitted by tomas)

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