The Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

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A Norwegian socialist deputy has nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize the social movement against racism "Black Lives Matter, promoted in the United States after the death of an African-American citizen at the hands of a white policeman .

When I started to think to find the most important thing that happened in the past year in terms of peace and conflict, I thought of Black Lives Matter. It is a very important global movement that has impressed me a lot, Petter Eide, a member of parliament for the Socialist Party, told the Klassekampen newspaper this Saturday.

Eide noted that the Norwegian Nobel Committee has a tradition of linking anti-racism with peace work, as racism creates conflicts between countries.

According to the testament of Alfred Nobel , the Swedish magnate who instituted the awards that bear his name, candidates for the Peace Award may be nominated by university professors in Law, History and Political Science, parliamentarians, former laureates and members of international tribunals, among others.

Only if those who propose a person or organization make it public can the identity of the candidates be known, since the Norwegian Nobel Committee only publishes the total number of applicants and does not confirm names until 50 years later.

It is also known that the boy scout movement and the Coalition for Innovations in Preparedness for Epidemics (CEPI) and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) have been nominated this year - the deadline ends this Sunday - by Norwegian deputies .

The International Fact Checking Network , Filipino journalist Maria Ressa , Reporters Without Borders , Belarusian opponent Svetlana Tikhanovskaja , the Hongkong Free Press collective and the independent Polish judges association are also among the nominated candidates.

The Nobel are decided every year in October and are awarded on December 10 , coinciding with the anniversary of the death of its founder, in a double ceremony: at the Oslo City Hall, for the Peace Prize, and at the Konserthus of Stockholm, for the other five awards.

Last year's Nobel Peace Prize went to the UN World Food Program (WFP) for its efforts in the fight against hunger, for preventing its use as a weapon of war and contributing to improving conditions for harmony in areas in conflict.

The ceremony, like the one in Stockholm, was reduced to a virtual act by the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the executive director of the WFP, David Beasley, received the award at the headquarters of that organization in Rome.

Today WFP, which defines itself as the leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger, assists 86.7 million people in 83 countries every year , in a world where one in ten people do not have enough food . According to official data, the program has 5,600 trucks, 20 ships and 92 planes in motion, which deliver food and different types of assistance every day. Each year, they distribute about 15 billion servings at an estimated cost per serving of 31 cents.

WFP's efforts, which are funded entirely by voluntary donations , focus on “ emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development assistance and special operations ”. Most of their work takes place in conflict-affected countries , where people are three times more likely to suffer from malnutrition than those living in nations where there are no conflicts that threaten their subsistence.

In emergencies, the program usually arrives first in the affected area to offer food assistance to " victims of wars, civil conflicts, droughts, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, crop losses and natural disasters ." After the emergency is over, they continue to help communities rebuild their lives and livelihoods that were affected. In addition, they work to strengthen the resilience and resilience of people and communities affected by crises spread over time.

The mothers and children are actors carefully for WFP. Their development projects tend to focus on fighting malnutrition in both groups from the earliest stages , with special emphasis on the first 1,000 days , from conception to the child's second birthday, and later through school meals. Each year, the program provides school meals to more than 16 million children in 60 countries.

WFP is managed by a 36-member Executive Board and works closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), both also based in Rome. In addition, it is associated with more than 1,000 national and international NGOs to offer food assistance and end the root causes of hunger in the world.