THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar and former Sen. Sam Nunn were honored Wednesday for their role in helping ex-Soviet states secure and dismantle huge stocks of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
The pair became the first recipients of a new prize to be awarded every two years to people or groups whose work prevents the proliferation of nuclear weapons and cuts the risk of their use.
The prize was awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York philanthropic foundation and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace think tank at a ceremony in the Peace Palace in The Hague. It will now carry the Americans’ names — The Nunn-Lugar Award for Promoting Nuclear Security.
