Ep. 32: The Nobel Committee Awards Its 12th UN-Related Peace Prize

The Nobel Committee awarded the World Food Program a Nobel Peace
Prize this month, for 2020. This is the UN system's 12th time
winning the world's highest recognition for peace, and it comes as
the UN celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. PassBlue
contributor Clair MacDougall shares with us how David Beasley, the
Executive Director of the WFP, reacted to finding out about the win
on his tour of the Sahel region of Africa, and the significance of
Nobel Committee's choice amid a global pandemic and the decline of
multilateralism. Links: PassBlue's website: www.passblue.com
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