, World Food Program , Receives Nobel Peace Prize.<br />The humanitarian organization received <br />the award via an online ceremony on Dec. 10. .<br />In the pre-coronavirus era, the event was traditionally held in Oslo and Stockholm. .<br />Since 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been presented in Oslo on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. It is a grand event held in Oslo’s city hall. , Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, via NBC News.<br />In a normal year, it would have been filled to capacity, and you would have been greeted by the royal family, the president and the prime minister, Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, via NBC News.<br />Due to coronavirus pandemic, it wasn’t possible to host you in Oslo today, Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, via NBC News.<br />World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley accepted the prize at the organization's Rome headquarters.<br />Famine is at humanity’s doorstep. Because of so many wars, climate change and a global health pandemic that makes all that exponentially worse, 270 million people are marching towards starvation. , WFP Executive Director David Beasley, via NBC News.<br />Failing to address their needs will cause a hunger pandemic which will dwarf the impact of Covid, WFP Executive Director David Beasley, via NBC News
