Updated 12 October 2001, 18.26

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	Nobel Peace Prize
		Prize named after Alfred Nobel
		He was the Swedish inventor of dynamite
		Prize is worth £650,000
		It's awarded every year

The important annual prize was given for the UN's work for a better-organised and more peaceful world.

In his first reaction to winning the award, Mr Annan said: "It's a wonderful feeling and a great encouragement for us and the organisation."

Early morning call

Kofi Annan, who's from Ghana, was woken at five o' clock in the morning to be told of the award.

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	United Nations
		UN has 50,000 employees
		Headquarters in New York
		Founded in 1945
		189 countries belong

He said that usually when he got an early-morning call, it meant bad news.

Previous winners of the prize include the Dalai Lama and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

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