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quartet was made up of mediators from four Tunisian organizations (AFP)
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To avoid any possible
envy between the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel institute
has decided to award a gold medal to each member of the prizewinning Tunisian
quartet - but at their own expense, the AFP news agency reports.
The
prize was awarded to Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet on 9 October for its
work in building the only democracy that emerged from the Arab Spring.
BBC News report continues:
At
the Tunisians' request, "four [more] medals will be struck," Nobel
Institute director Olav Njolstad told AFP, ahead of the award ceremony in Oslo
on 10 December.
It
is not yet known where the official solid gold medal awarded to the quartet
collectively will end up.
The prestigious award was
given to the four separate groups that make up the quartet - the Tunisian
General Labour Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and
Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of
Lawyers.
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