World Food Programme (WFP)

Rome, Italy

Nobel Prize in Peace, 2020International

Awarded for

Efforts to fight hunger and prevent hunger being used as a weapon of war

The story behind the prize

WFP provides food assistance to around 100 million people in a typical year, in wars and disasters. The committee stressed the link between hunger and armed conflict. WFP has also worked in Pakistan during floods and other emergencies.

About

United Nations agency founded in 1961; the world's largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger.