WFP Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.United Nations agency the World Food Programme (WTF)has won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo. The organization combats hunger and famine around the world.This gives main reason why WFP Wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
The UN agency is the largest humanitarian organization in the world that addresses hunger and promotes food security. “With this award, we wish to turn the world’s eyes to the millions of people who face hunger and food poverty,” Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the committee, announced.
Assistance
In 2019, the WFP provided assistance to approximately 100 million people in 88 countries who are the victims of acute food insecurity and hunger.
The Rome-based WFP has also been instrumental in working to fight increased hunger caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Reiss-Andersen noted, adding that food insecurity is also a driving cause of conflict in the world.
“This is a proud moment,” a WFP spokesman, Tomson Phiri, said in Geneva.
“This year we have gone over and above the call of duty,” he added, referring to the extra work undertaken by the agency in light of the pandemic. “At one point we were the biggest airline in the world when most, if not all, commercial airline ground to a halt.”
“This is a powerful reminder to the world that peace and zero hunger go hand-in-hand,” the WFP wrote on Twitter.
The congratulations
“Highly deserved” for its work saving millions of people from starvation and malnutrition, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas called the WFP’s award
“The UK is proud to support its life-saving work in fighting hunger and famine worldwide.” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.
The organization focuses on emergency assistance as well as rehabilitation and development aid. Around two-thirds of its work has to do with conflict-affected regions.
Humanitarian Crisis
“Before the coronavirus even became an issue, I was saying that 2020 would be facing the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II,” WFP’s executive director David Beasley told the UN Security Council this year. “With COVID-19, we are not only facing a global health pandemic but also a global humanitarian catastrophe.”
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