Nobel Prize

Nadia Murad, co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, is a leading advocate for survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Nadia’s peaceful life was brutally interrupted in 2014 when Daesh (Islamic State) attacked her homeland of Sinjar – with the intention of ethnically cleansing Iraq of all Yazidis. Like many minority groups, the Yazidis, have…

https://www.youtube.com/embed/iPxEYO0DSAI The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Award Presentation was streamed live on 10 December 2020. The Nobel Peace Prize was received in Rome, Italy, by Executive Director David Beasley on behalf of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2020, World Food Programme (WFP). Read the statement by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of The Norwegian Nobel Committee Acceptance…

Artist: Vanessa Baird Calligrapher: Christopher Haanes Book binder: Kristine Bekkevold/Julius & Ørenberg Bokbinderi Photo reproduction: Thomas Widerberg Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2020

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Norwegian Copyright © The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2020. General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language. Publication in periodicals or books, or in digital or electronic forms, otherwise than in summary, Requires the consent of the Foundation. On all publications in full or in major parts the above underlined copyright notice…

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https://www.youtube.com/embed/WV5zYKHuYso David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), delivered the Nobel Peace Prize lecture on 10 December 2021 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2021. General permission is granted for the publication in newspapers in any language. Publication in periodicals or books, or in digital or…

“The world needs a good message right now” Telephone interview with David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, following the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize on 9 October 2020. The interviewer is Olav Njølstad, director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. David Beasley: Hello? Olav Njølstad: Yes, hello, is this Director Beasley speaking?…

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