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<!--emo&:ind--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/india.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='india.gif' /><!--endemo--> India takes pride in Nobel Peace Prize
12 Oct 2007, 1834 hrs IST,REUTERS
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Rajendra Pachauri celebrates the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, outside his office in New Delhi (Reuters Photo)
NEW DELHI: Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the UN panel on climate change that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore, said on Friday he was overwhelmed by the award.
"I can't believe it, overwhelmed, stunned," Pachauri told reporters and co-workers after receiving the news by telephone at his office in New Delhi. "I feel privileged sharing it with someone as distinguished as him," he added.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this year made the strongest ever link between mankind's activities and global warming -- gaining widespread publicity around the world. "I expect this will bring the subject to the fore," he said. "I'm only a symbol of a much larger organisation, the IPCC, and it's really the scientific community that contributed to the work of the IPCC. They're the real winners of this award."
Asked what he would do now, he said he was going to "have a good sleep", having been travelling extensively.
12 Oct 2007, 1834 hrs IST,REUTERS
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Rajendra Pachauri celebrates the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize, outside his office in New Delhi (Reuters Photo)
NEW DELHI: Indian scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the UN panel on climate change that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore, said on Friday he was overwhelmed by the award.
"I can't believe it, overwhelmed, stunned," Pachauri told reporters and co-workers after receiving the news by telephone at his office in New Delhi. "I feel privileged sharing it with someone as distinguished as him," he added.
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this year made the strongest ever link between mankind's activities and global warming -- gaining widespread publicity around the world. "I expect this will bring the subject to the fore," he said. "I'm only a symbol of a much larger organisation, the IPCC, and it's really the scientific community that contributed to the work of the IPCC. They're the real winners of this award."
Asked what he would do now, he said he was going to "have a good sleep", having been travelling extensively.