Explanation

• The World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
• The Nobel Committee recognized WFP for its efforts to combat hunger and prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war.
• WFP is a United Nations agency focused on food assistance and food security.
• The award was announced on 9 October 2020.

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Explanation

• The Nobel Prize in Literature was not awarded in 2018.
• It was postponed because of a sexual-abuse scandal and conflict of interest involving the Swedish Academy.
• The 2018 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Peace were awarded.
• The 2018 Literature Prize was later awarded to Olga Tokarczuk in 2019.

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Explanation

• Name: Shirin Ebadi
• Country: Iran
• Award: Nobel Peace Prize
• Year: 2003
• Recognition: Human rights and democracy

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Explanation

• Mohamed ElBaradei of Egypt received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
• Along with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"

Additional information

• He was an Egyptian diplomat and scholar.
• He served as the Director General of the IAEA from 1997 to 2009.
• Born: 17 June 1942 Cairo, Egypt
• Party: Constitution Party

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Explanation

• In 1979, Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for physics.

Additional information:

• Received the Nobel Prize for combining two forces: the electromagnetic and weak forces
• He was the second Muslim scientist to get a Nobel Prize.
• First Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize
• Born in Jhang, Punjab, Jan. 29, 1926
• Died: Nov. 21, 1996

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