WFP received the award “for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to improving peace conditions in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force behind efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict. . ”
The World Food Program is the world’s largest humanitarian organization dealing with hunger and promoting food security. In 2019, WPF assisted nearly 100 million people in 88 countries.
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“The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a sharp rise in the number of hunger victims in the world. In the face of the pandemic, Nobel 2020 The recipient of the World Food Program has shown an impressive ability to step up his efforts, “said the Nobel Committee.
The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a sharp rebound in the number of world hunger victims. In the face of the pandemic, the 2020 Nobel Prize winner from the World Food Program has shown impressive ability to step up its efforts, he said.
“The World Food Program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation to make food security an instrument of peace, and has made a strong contribution to the mobilization of UN member states to combat the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, “added the Committee. .
The World Food Program, said the Nobel Committee, contributes on a daily basis to promoting the brotherhood of nations referred to in Alfred Nobel’s testament.
There were 318 candidates: 211 people and 107 organizations. Nominations can only be made by a select group, including national legislators, heads of state, and certain international institutions.
The deadline for nominations was February 1, which ruled out those on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19, which was only declared a pandemic in March.
Along with enormous prestige, the award comes with a cash prize of 10 million crowns ($ 1.1 million) and a gold medal to be presented at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10, the anniversary of the death of the founder of the Alfred Nobel Prize. This year’s ceremony will be shortened due to the pandemic.
On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the physiology and medicine prize for discovering the hepatitis C virus, which devastates the liver. Tuesday’s physics award honored advances in understanding the mysteries of cosmic black holes, and Wednesday’s chemistry award went to the scientists behind a powerful gene-editing tool. The literature prize was awarded to American poet Louise Gluck on Thursday for her “ sincere and uncompromising ” work.
The award for outstanding work in economics is yet to come next week.
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