“In the face of the pandemic, the World Food Program has demonstrated an intensive ability to intensify its efforts,” she said. Though other organizations have won the peace prize — most recently the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, in 2017 — the World Food Program is particularly sprawling. “If you get control over the food, you get also military control and you get better control of civilians. ADADThe announcement was made amid somber circumstances, with much of the world struggling to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. With every in-person gathering a risk, this year’s announcement was a stripped-down affair, without the jostling, cheerful crowd of journalists who assemble at the ornate offices of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in more typical Octobers.

Source: Washington Post October 09, 2020 09:06 UTC