This Article is From Feb 13, 2012

Suu Kyi finally gets United Nations' nonviolence prize awarded in 2002

Suu Kyi finally gets United Nations' nonviolence prize awarded in 2002
Yangon, Myanmar: The United Nations has given Aung San Suu Kyi a 10-year-old peace award delayed by her long house arrest.

A UN official visiting Myanmar presented Suu Kyi with its Mandanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Nonviolence on Monday.

Myanmar's former ruling junta (military led government) had Suu Kyi under house arrest when she was named for the prize in 2002.

The Paris-based UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said in a statement that its chief Ryuhei Hosoya delivered the prize. It is named after an Indian writer and philanthropist.

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