Evans Honored for Nuclear Work

Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans has won an international award for his work on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.

He has been given the Roosevelt Institute's Freedom from Fear award for his contribution to the international commission on the issue and work on responding to atrocities and genocide.

Mr Evans says the award is a great honour.

"Recipients of it in the past have included people like Nelson Mandela and Kofi Annan, so it is a great honour," he said.

"I think it's in particular a great honour for Australia to get this in recognition of the work we've been doing on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament under the Rudd Government initiative.

"It's important recognition of a really important contribution to global policy making."