U.N. welcomes Nobel Peace Prize for Tunisian civil coalition

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Friday welcomed the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet as a boost to activists driving peace efforts. Ahmad Fawzi, chief U.N. spokesman in Geneva, told a news briefing: "We need civilian society to help us move peace processes forward. "This a brilliant example, I think Tunisia is one of the Arab countries that has done best since the so-called Arab Spring and the upheavals in that part of the world." (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Kevin Liffey)