World Food Programme "Can't Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Due to COVID-19"

Announcement of Absence from Award Ceremony Held in Oslo, Norway

Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced on the 9th of last month (local time) in Oslo that the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) was selected as the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), which was selected as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate this year, will not come to Oslo, Norway next month to receive the award due to the COVID-19 situation, AFP reported on the 18th (local time).

The Nobel Foundation, which oversees the Nobel Prize, announced on the same day that it is considering holding a digital award ceremony where the WFP will receive the medal and certificate.

The Nobel Foundation also added that the traditional Nobel laureate lectures and banquets have been postponed until next year.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced last month that the United Nations-affiliated World Food Programme was selected as the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is traditionally held every year on December 10th at Oslo City Hall, but this year it will be scaled down due to COVID-19.

Separately from the Nobel Peace Prize, the other Nobel Prize ceremonies held annually in Stockholm, Sweden, have already been canceled and will be conducted as televised award ceremonies.

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