‘I still want to verify this’: Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay’s first reaction

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‘I still want to verify this’: Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay’s first reaction  Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, said she initially thought the news was a joke when she learned she had won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. The former judge said she wanted to verify the announcement before believing it.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/10/09/i-still-want-to-verify-this-nobel-peace-prize-winner-navi-pillays-first-reaction  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:01Applause

00:07Applause

00:11Applause

00:12Applause

00:13Applause

00:16Applause

00:18They called me out now

00:20to tell me and I said

00:21it must be a joke

00:24Wow

00:26Firstly at this

00:27venue your applause

00:30means a great deal to me

00:31really did you know you don't

00:33want to receive an award prize or anything

00:36unless the public

00:38agrees that you deserve this

00:40so that's how

00:42I appreciate your applause today

00:43thank you so much but being a lawyer

00:45and a judge I still want to verify

00:48this information

00:49Laughter

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