Nobel Peace Prize for nuclear-ban group

Reuters is reporting:

"The Norwegian Nobel Committee, warning of a rising risk of nuclear war, awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to a little-known international campaign group advocating for a ban on nuclear weapons.

"The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) describes itself as a coalition of grassroots non-gobvernment groups in more than 100 nations.  It began in Australia and was officially launched in Vienna in 2007."