The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2020
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#2Is the Peace Prize now just a grant program? When did that start?
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#3Is the Peace Prize now just a grant program? When did that start?
What are you on about...?
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#4One of the more deserving winners of this prize.
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#5> The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to the 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.
Good. Giving recognition to often overlooked efforts like this is completely deserved and worthy of this prize.
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#6Is the Peace Prize now just a grant program? When did that start?
always has been
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#7One of the more deserving winners of this prize.
Speaking of undeserved winners, I so hoped they would give it to the US president again...
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#9Is the Peace Prize now just a grant program? When did that start?
When did that start?
The Nobel Peace Prize was first awarded to an institution in 1904 - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1904/summary/ - so, to answer your question, 116 years ago.
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#10Im not sure why this is but I'm always happier about the prize going to an organization rather than an individual person. I think literally placing the entire weight of world peace on one person is too much, and it places that person under incredible scrutiny for the rest of their life (or conversely anything bad they personally did in the past gets dragged up). handing it to an org recognizes that it takes much more than a single person to effect change and puts the cause above identity or personal flaws.
Malala does seem to be handling it well, so what do I know.