OSLO (AP) — The United Nations’ World Food Program on Friday won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity around the globe. “The World Food Program plays a key role in multilateral cooperation in making food security an instrument of peace.”“The World Food Program contributes daily to advancing the fraternity of nations mentioned in Alfred Nobel’s will,” she said. However, the Norwegian Nobel Committee maintains absolute secrecy about whom it favors for arguably the world’s most prestigious prize. On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine for discovering the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus. ___Read more stories about Nobel Prizes past and present by The Associated Press at https://www.apnews.com/NobelPrizesBREAKING NEWS:The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP).#NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize pic.twitter.com/fjnKfXjE3E — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 9, 2020

Source: Huffington Post October 09, 2020 09:03 UTC