Berit Reiss-Andersen (L), chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, hands over the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to Beatrice Fihn (R), leader of ICAN, and Hirsoshima nuclear bombing survivor Setsuko Thurlow (C) during the award ceremony of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at the city hall in Oslo, Norway, Dec 10, 2017. [Photo/VCG]OSLO - The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at an awarding ceremony here Sunday, for its efforts to give new momentum to the process of abolishing nuclear weapons. She said this year's prize follows in a tradition of awards that have honoured efforts against the proliferation of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament. In a joint Nobel lecture, Fihn called on all countries to help achieve "the end of nuclear weapons". "The risk for nuclear weapons use is even greater today than at the end of the Cold War.