Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN food program

The Nobel Committee noted that the prizeawarded "for efforts to combat hunger, contributions to improving conditions for peace in conflict-affected regions, and for serving as a driving force in preventing hunger from being used as a weapon of war and in conflict." 

The corresponding decision was made by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, whose members are appointed by the Norwegian parliament.

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awardedto the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed Ali, for his efforts to resolve the border conflict with Eritrea. He ended a 20-year war with a neighboring state and concluded a peace agreement.

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