Former UN commissioner considered news of Nobel Prize award a joke

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Navi Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, initially dismissed news of her Nobel Peace Prize as a joke.

The Nobel Committee in Oslo announced that it had awarded Pillay the prize for his efforts to promote peace and international law.

MOSCOW, October 9 - RIA Novosti. Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, initially dismissed news of the award as a joke.

“My question is: is this true? They called me to talk (about the award - ed.). I said it must be a joke,” she told reporters before a press conference on the occasion of the award. The video was published by Wire.

The Nobel Committee in Oslo announced on Friday that it had awarded Pillay the prize for his efforts to promote peace and international law.