{"id":4670,"date":"2020-10-09T21:38:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2020-10-11T22:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T22:13:44","slug":"2020-nobel-prize-world-food-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/2020\/10\/09\/2020-nobel-prize-world-food-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Nobel Prize: World Food Program!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/wfp-e1602452314700.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4672\" src=\"https:\/\/inmedblogs.us\/nicholascomninellis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/wfp-e1602452314700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This week in New Delhi, the Nobel Committee awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Food Program<\/a> (WFP), a United Nations agency, for its work to combat hunger. In both 2016 and 2019 I personally witnessed the WPF providing the essential food provisions for Syrians refugees who had fled from ISIS to Kurdistan, northern Iraq. WPF is also active in <em>Afghanistan<\/em><strong> &#8211; <\/strong>tackling hunger in a way that contributes to peace, <em>South Sudan<\/em><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>where civil conflict and collapsing economy fuel famine, and conflict-torn <em>Yemen<\/em> \u2013 where today\u2019s WFP\u2019s emergency response is largest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the award, The Nobel Committee lauded the WFP &#8220;for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.&#8221; In her address, Nobel Chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen described the Committee\u2019s intention to &#8220;turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Syrians refugees who I met, and aid workers at their sides, would heartily agree!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This week in New Delhi, the Nobel Committee awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Program (WFP), a United Nations agency, for its work to combat hunger. 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