The Nobel Peace Prize remains one of the most anticipated categories, to be announced on Friday around 2.30pm (India time). This year, 318 nominations have been submitted, including 211 individuals and 107 organizations, whose names are always kept secret. However, the secrecy surrounding the names never stopped speculation. Here is a list of the pioneers:
Greta thunberg
Reports say Swedish teenage activist Thunberg could be honored, either alone, with other activists or with her “Fridays for Future” movement. The UN climate science advisory panel, the IPCC, and former US Vice President Al Gore had both won the peace prize in 2007. In 2018, Greta addressed the United Nations Conference on Change Climate. In 2019, he sailed to North America to attend the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, where his “how day is you” speech earned him international praise.
“This is all wrong. It shouldn’t be standing here. I should be back at school on the other side of the ocean. Yet does everyone come to us for hope? How dare you? “, Had said.
If she wins, she would be the second youngest Nobel laureate in history, right behind Pakistani activist Malala, and the eighteenth woman to win the Peace Prize.
World Health Organization
Although the WHO’s response to the pandemic has drawn severe criticism, it is also a top favorite, working to ensure the equitable distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine, once it arrives. He has created a vaccine group, COVAX, that will have quick access to safe and effective vaccine doses as soon as any vaccine is approved. Countries that have joined COVAX will reap the benefits.
Jacinda ardern
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s response to the attacks on the Christchurch Mosque in 2019 and her leadership in eliminating Covid-19 from the country have kept her a favorite among bookmakers that gamble by probable winners. Ardern was also nominated last year
Alexei Navalny
The leader of the Russian opposition, Alexei Navalny, recently poisoned by the Kremlin, has been nominated for the award. The recent news of Navalny’s internment after being poisoned during a flight has created a stir in the international media. But Navalny has been fighting corruption for more than a decade. The Russian authorities arrested him several times.
Last year the award went to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his efforts to end the 20-year post-war stalemate with Eritrea.
Many other names of potential Nobel winners have also been circulating in Oslo, including Afghan peace negotiator and women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi, the World Food Program (WFP), the UN and its Secretary General Antonio Guterres, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Sudan Revolution icon Alaa Salah.
(With contributions from the agency)
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