ICAN initially thought Nobel Peace Prize win was a prank
Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), said she initially thought the announcement of the group's 2017 Nobel Peace Prize win was a prank. The nuclear disarmament group comprises 468 NGOs across 101 countries and has been a driving force behind 122 UN member states acceding to the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty in 2017.