Nobel Peace Prize rewards chemical watchdog's perseverance The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, is a body that has spent years trying to rid the world of chemical weapons in relative obscurity and was recently thrust into the limelight by the Syrian crisis. Images and soundbites of an analyst interviewed in April 2013 about Syria's stock of chemical weapons. REFILE OF A PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED VIDEO.