2020 Nobel Peace Prize

2020 Nobel Peace Prize
2020 Nobel Peace Prize
World Food Programme (WFP)
	"for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict."
Date	9 October 2020 (announcement by Berit Reiss-Andersen); 10 December 2020 ; (ceremony);
Location	Oslo, Norway
Presented by	Norwegian Nobel Committee
Reward(s)	9.0 million SEK
First awarded	1901
Website	Official website

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme (founded in 1961) by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The announcement was made on Friday 9 October at 11:00 CEST.

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