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Nobel Peace Prize Organization Forced To Hunt Down Winner On Twitter

Most Nobel Use Of Twitter Ever
Alexis Kleinman
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Deputy Managing Editor Of Impact & Innovation, The Huffington Post

FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013 file photo Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog's verification and destruction mission in Syria during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands. The OPCW were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday Oct. 9, 2013 file photo Director General Ahmet Uzumcu of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, gives an update on the the chemical watchdog's verification and destruction mission in Syria during a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands. The OPCW were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

If you're doing something that warrants winning the Nobel Peace Prize, you're probably a little busy. The people of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were too busy to answer the phone... from the Nobel Peace Prize committee.

On Friday morning, the OPCW won the Nobel Peace Prize and when the Nobel organization couldn't get ahold of anyone there, it took to Twitter.

It took so long to get in touch with OPCW that the winners missed the webcast.

Thankfully, the OPCW eventually got the message.

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