Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020?
2021
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize 2020?
- A.
Peter Handke
- B.
World Food Programme
- C.
ICAN
- D.
Abiy Ahmed Ali
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Correct answer: B
Concept: The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded each year by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to the person or organisation judged to have done the most or best work for fraternity between nations, the reduction of standing armies, and the promotion of peace congresses.
Application: In 2020, the Committee awarded the Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) 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.
Peter Handke — received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature, a different prize category and a different year.
ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) — received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its nuclear-disarmament campaign.
Abiy Ahmed Ali — received the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for resolving the Ethiopia–Eritrea border conflict.
Cross-check: each of the other names is a genuine Nobel laureate, but none matches BOTH the Peace Prize category AND the year 2020 — only the World Food Programme does, which confirms the identification.