Oslo, February 1
British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World {Health} Group and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the many nominees for this yr’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who’ve a observe document of selecting the winner.
Additionally among the many candidates for the accolade had been Greta Thunberg, Pope Francis, the Myanmar {National} Unity Authorities fashioned by opponents of final yr’s coup and Tuvalu’s international {minister} Simon Kofe, last-minute bulletins confirmed.
1000’s of individuals, from members of parliaments worldwide to former winners, are eligible to suggest candidates.
Norwegian lawmakers have nominated an eventual Peace laureate yearly since 2014—except 2019—together with one of many two laureates final yr, Maria Ressa.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which decides who wins the award, doesn’t touch upon nominations, maintaining secret for 50 years the names of nominators and unsuccessful nominees.
Nonetheless, some nominators like Norwegian lawmakers select to disclose their picks.
Pure world
Attenborough, 95, is finest recognized for his landmark tv collection illustrating the pure world, together with ‘Life on Earth’ and ‘The Blue Planet’.
He was nominated collectively with the Intergovernmental Science-Coverage Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Providers (IPBES), which assesses the state of biodiversity worldwide for policymakers.
They had been put ahead for “their efforts to tell about, and shield, Earth’s pure range, a prerequisite for sustainable and peaceable societies,” mentioned nominator Une Bastholm, the chief of the Norwegian Inexperienced Celebration.
One other Inexperienced Celebration consultant nominated Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, whose rise from teen activist to international local weather chief has made her a frequent Nobel nominee in recent times, together with the Fridays For Future motion she began.
Pope Francis was nominated for his efforts to assist resolve the local weather disaster in addition to his work in direction of peace and reconciliation, by Dag Inge Ulstein, a former {minister} of worldwide improvement.
Tuvalu’s international {minister} Simon Kofe was nominated by the chief of Norway’s Liberal Celebration, Guri Melby, for his work in highlighting local weather change points. Kofe filmed a speech to final yr’s COP26 local weather convention standing knee-deep in seawater.
Environmentalists have gained the Nobel Peace Prize previously, together with Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai, the Intergovernmental Panel on Local weather Change and former US Vice-President Al Gore.
Nonetheless, “there isn’t any scientific consensus on local weather change as an essential driver of violent fight”, mentioned Henrik Urdal, director of the Peace Analysis Institute Oslo, cautioning in opposition to a “too simplistic connection between the 2”.
Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has been entrance and centre of individuals’s considerations over the previous two years and this yr the worldwide physique tasked with preventing it, the WHO, has once more been nominated.
“I believe the WHO is prone to be mentioned within the Committee for this yr’s prize,” mentioned Urdal.
The Myanmar {National} Unity Authorities, a shadow authorities fashioned final yr by opponents of navy rule after civilian chief and former peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was detained in a coup, was additionally named as a candidate.
Exiled Belarusian opposition chief Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was nominated for the second yr operating for her “courageous, tireless and peaceable work” for democracy and freedom in her dwelling nation, mentioned parliamentarian Haarek Elvenes.
Different nominees revealed by Norwegian lawmakers are jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the Worldwide Prison Court docket in The Hague, WikiLeaks and Chelsea Manning, NATO, assist organisation CARE, Iranian human rights activist Masih Alinejad, and the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental discussion board for cooperation for Arctic nations, in line with a Reuters survey of Norwegian lawmakers.
Nominations, which closed on Monday, don’t indicate an endorsement from the Nobel committee.
The 2021 laureate can be introduced in October.
— Reuters
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