the organization contributes daily to advancing the fraternity of nations referred to in alfred nobel's will. as the un's largest specialized agency. see the world food program is a modern version of the peace congress is that the nobel peace prize is intended to promote. the world food program. the work of the world food program to the benefit of human kind is ever that's all nations of the world should be able to endorse and support thank you very much. if. you're looking at images live from oslo the 2020. as. in conflicts. the 2020 about peace prize has been awarded to the u.n. world food program something of a surprise richard yeah well i mean i think it was not really in the top kind of list that have been put together by people who watch this every year as kind of hot button things i didn't see the well program food program very high on the book keepers kind of betting stakes but if you kind of pull back and think about this. sense. the nobel committee has a history of giving the award to u.n. institutions especially at points in time when they are particularly relevant to the sit

quite in the same category as the other prizes is awarded by the swedish central bank in memory of alfred nobel i do think that the nature of economics itself is changing if you go back 50 years or so you had almost philosophical debates you know the very high level between people like keynes who wanted more government intervention to control sort of help economies function better and those like hajek or friedman who opposed that the u.n. wanted more free market policies and this kind of thing where as we see the very opposite end of the spectrum within a today's announcement a very technical narrowly focused you know paul in that particular piece of policy rather than the sort of big philosophical argument. in my own view is that actually this approach of highlighting individuals and sort of putting them on a pedestal is probably not a very healthy thing particularly for a discipline like economics which is very hierarchical very competitive very dominated by white men in the us and europe and so on so he's not representative of the world so i think economics itself has internal problems and i

conflict the organization contributes daily to advancing the fraternity of nations referred to in alfred nobel's will as the un's largest specialized agency the world food program is a modern the of the peace congress is the nobel peace prize is intend to promote. the world food program the work of the world food program to the benefit of human kind is. that all nations of the world should be able to endorse and support thank you very much. and there we were listening to the chair of the norwegian nobel committee barrett reese and sen announce the nobel peace prize winner for 2020 it was the world food program for she said efforts to combat hunger especially in conflict areas were for more on this let's cross live to our diplomatic james bays he's at the united nations and he's interviewed many of the previous winners for al-jazeera and james it was always going to be huge guessing game wasn't the field of some $318.00 it can do that this year was the w.s.p. a strong contender. well of course what we'll never know for 50 years is who the other contenders were because it's a very secretive proces

they've done really well with the nobel prize is supposed to do which is the ridge the original alfred nobel's for the greatest benefit to humanity and this falls sort of squarely in that category absolutely fascinating congratulations to them derek williams from thank you. and france has now recorded more than 11000 new coronavirus cases in a single day as it continues to try and curb an alarming number of fresh infections the country imposed one of europe's trip to slow downs in the spring and has since wrapped up testing but that hasn't stopped the onset of a 2nd wave. lunchtime in the era of coronavirus the last time m.f. an e had fries she shared them with a friend who late to tested positive for 19 and then ventured temporaries testing center close to university here in surrey not far from paris but she never received her celts it was annoying because over my friend's well meeting i'd like apartments on a thing to just like you and i couldn't even good school like at them because physically when i cool so it was when. but we'll just stay home and do nothing but. i think you have to go th

they've done really well with the nobel prize is supposed to do which is the ridge the original alfred nobel's for the greatest benefit to humanity and this falls sort of squarely in that category absolutely fascinating congratulations to them derek williams from thank you. france has recorded more than 11000 new coronavirus cases in a single day as it continues to try and curb an alarming number of fresh infections the country imposed one of europe's strictest lockdowns in the spring and has since frampton testing but that hasn't stopped the onset of a 2nd wave. lunchtime. in the era of coronavirus the last time m.f. n e had fries she shared them with a friend who later tested positive for 19 and then ventured temporary testing center close to university here in surgery not far from paris but she never received her results it was annoying because over of my friends were meeting i'd like apartments sign anything to just like leave and i couldn't even go to the school to look at them because physically when i cool so it was with the like but we'll just stay home and do nothing but. i think you

news of the award made us curious about how the nobel peace prize came to be. alfred know -- nobel, whose name is now synonymous with the peace prize, was once known as the angel of death. nobel, a 19th century swedish chemist worked on creating explosives. in 1864, one of his nitroglycerin factories exploded, killing one of his brothers. he continued his research and eventually created dynamite. in an effort to re-create his legacy, nobel's will set up a fund to award monetary prizes for, quote, the best work for fraternity among nations. the first nobel peace prize was awarded in 1901. still ahead on "matter of fact" -- p.p.e., w.f.h., and hand hygiene. why the language of a lockdown could stick with us fo did you know that feeling sluggish or weighed down could be signs that your digestive system isn't working at its best? taking metamucil every day can help. metamucil supports your daily digestive health using a special plant-based fiber called psyllium. psyllium works by forming a gel in your digestive system to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. met

researches paul milgram and robert wilson it's actually the only category that wasn't established in alfred nobel's will back in 895 it was created in 1909 but that does not make winning it any less sweet. americans have dominated the economics nobel and this year is no exception us academics paul milgram and robert wilson were honored for their groundbreaking research on auction theory the jury noted that the auction formats they develop quote are everywhere and affect our everyday lives they're used in markets for most everything from fishing rights to electricity. every day look at astronomical values between buyers and sellers. they affect all of us perhaps more than we think the 2 economists are affiliated with stanford university in california milgram is 72 wilson is 83 when the swedish academy called to notify him of the selection he admitted that he sticks to theory rather than practice is the way to go bargain or . me my theory of never actively participated in. my way to be there for me but yes there was that i wanted there are going to be a knock at my door. who also lives across the str

researches paul milgram and robert wilson it's actually the only category that wasn't established in alfred nobel's will back in 895 it was created in 1909 but that does not make winning it any less sweet. americans have dominated the economics nobel in this year is no exception us academics paul milgram and robert wilson were honored for their groundbreaking research on auction theory the jury noted that the auction formats they developed quote are everywhere and affect our everyday lives they're used in markets for most everything from fishing rights to electricity. every day astronomical values between buyers and sellers they affect all of us perhaps more than we think . the 2 economists are affiliated with stanford university in california milgram is 72 wilson is 83 when a swedish academy called to notify him of the selection he admitted that he sticks to theory rather than practice is the way to go bargain or. we might have never actively participate if you don't. mind waiting for it just to be there reporting. for us because they don't when they're going to be a knock at my door. who also liv

in his will, the late alfred nobel established a foundation to award the peace prize to, quote, the person shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the formation and spreading of peace congresses. so let's start with the fraternity between nations. here's just a little taste of what you've had to say about the other countries just over the last few months. >> i'd like to discuss our latest actions against the iranian regime. >> syria, but we kept the oil. >> i sent tank busters to kor n ukraine. >> it was china's fault and china is going to pay. >> pillaging of natural resources and general insults don't seem that peaceful to me, mr. president, but maybe you did better with the next part, the abolition or reduction of standing armies. >> we've spent over $2 trillion to completely rebuild the unmatched strength and power of the united states military. whether it's submarines or missiles or rockets or jet fighters, bombers. >> we have built an arsenal the likes of which no one has ever seen. >> strike two,

prize although quite often he misspells as though it's the word high minded not a reference to alfred nobel who bequeath his his wealth the swedish chemist who invented dynamite mr trump obviously what's the nobel prize but perhaps will we please that it is a republican or a us republican who is known before you got this job as a trump supporter who is the head of the organization that's being recognized in this way james thanks very much indeed our diplomatic editor james base at the united nations. one of the countries the world food program has been warning about is zimbabwe where it says more than 8000000 people won't have enough food if there isn't a origin to help by december but it's blaming recurring drugs and the economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic is of course made things worse out of the tassel reports from national and worse problems where impoverished communities are mostly affected here. one hint of cabbage some cooking oil a little bit of salt and about 3 cups of rice is all in mukherjee has left in her kitchen she says she'll have to make it last as long as possible

the organisation contributes daily to advancing the fraternity of nations referred to in alfred nobel'secialised agency, the world food programme is agency, the world food programme is a modern version of the peace c0 ng resses a modern version of the peace congresses that the nobel peace prize is intending to promote. the work of the world food programme to the benefit of humankind is an endeavour that all nations of the world should be able to endorse and support. thank you very much. so the un world food programme announced as the winner of the nobel peace prize 2020. you say that hunger is often used as a weapon in conflict, explain how?|j hunger is often used as a weapon in conflict, explain how? ithink it is one of the oldest conflict weapons in the world that you can start out a population —— that you can serve asa a population —— that you can serve as a population to enter a territory. parties in the conflict, if you get control of the food, you get a military control and you get better control of civilians. you can also use food insecurity as a method to chase populations away