A global chemical weapons watchdog has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to television reports in Norway.
The broadcaster NRK says it has learnt the award will go to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The OPCW, which is based in the Hague, was founded in 1997 to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention signed on January 13, 1993.
Its work is currently in the spotlight, as it is supervising the dismantling of Syria's chemical arsenal and facilities under the terms of a UN Security Council resolution.
A team of around 30 OPCW arms experts and UN logistics and security personnel are on the ground in Syria and have started to destroy weapons production facilities.
Footage of their work has been shown on Syrian television.
The OPCW said on Tuesday it was sending a second wave of inspectors to bolster the disarmament mission in the war-ravaged nation.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban, is among those tipped to lift the peace prize.
If the 16-year-old wins, she will become the youngest-ever Nobel laureate.
She rose to prominence in 2009 after writing a blog anonymously for the BBC about her life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
On Thursday she was named as the winner of the EU's Sakharov prize, which is regarded as Europe's top human rights accolade.
If 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai wins, she will be the youngest-ever Nobel laureate.
Previous Nobel peace prize laureates include Nelson Mandela, US President Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama and Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
In 2012 the prize was awarded to the European Union in recognition of its contribution to peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.
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