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UPPSC 2021 GS-I Current Affairs
Question

The Nobel Peace Prize, 2020 was awarded to which of the following organisations ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option A: World Food Programme

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “World Food Programme”.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2020 was awarded to United Nations 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."

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