Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme, presented by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 9 October 2020.

“Hunger is used as a weapon”

Immediately following the announcement, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was interviewed by freelance journalist Stig Arild Pettersen regarding the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.

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