United Nations (UN) food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas. The announcement was made in Oslo by Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee.
“The need for international solidarity and multilateral co-operation is more conspicuous than ever,” said Reiss-Andersen.
“With this year’s award, the (Committee) wishes to turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger,” she said.
The World Food Programme is the food-assistance branch of the UN and the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger and promoting food security.
This year, there was no shortage of causes or candidates on the list. There were 318 candidates — 211 individuals and 107 organisations.
People were betting on Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, and the World Health Organization for its role in addressing the Covid pandemic.
Even US President Donald Trump was nominated for the Noble Peace Prize award. Read here:
https://hellotricity.in/us-president-trump-nominated-for-noble-prize/
Indians who won Peace Prize:
Mother Teresa was the first woman to get the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. While she was born in Macedonia (then Ottoman Empire’s Uskup) to parents of Albanian descent, she was sent to Calcutta to be a teacher after she entered a nunnery.
She had a calling at the age of 12 and after coming to India, she decided to serve the poor as she lived amongst them. Her canonisation took place in 2003, and Pope Francis declared her a saint in 2016.
In 2014, Kailash Satyarthi along with Malala Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education.”
Born in 1954, he taught children in Vidisha, a small town in Madhya Pradesh, where he grew up. In 1980, he left teaching and founded ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’, an organisation that worked towards freeing children from slave-like conditions.
Read about
yesterday’s winner:
https://hellotricity.in/louise-gluck-wins-nobel-prize-for-literature/
