Nobel Peace Prize 2022: Who are the top contenders this year?
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A total of 343 Nobel Peace Prize nominees – 251 individuals and 92 organizations – are vying for the 2022 award that will be announced in Oslo, Norway on Friday.
The 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner is set to be announced Friday in Oslo, Norway.
At total of 343 nominees – 251 individuals and 92 organizations – are vying for the prize this year, according to the Nobel Institute. But the full list is not yet public and will only be released after 50 years.
The Nobel Peace Prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, and the establishment and promotion of peace congresses,” according to the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who founded the awards.
“I think it’s widely accepted that the Nobel Peace Prize is the most prestigious award in the world concerning peace efforts,” said Cesar Jaramillo, executive director of Project Ploughshares, a Canadian peace research institute.
Because of its importance, the award constitutes a “huge boost” for the cause that the recipient is working on or fighting for, he said.
Last year, the prize was shared by Filipino-American journalist Maria Ressa and Russian journalist Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.”
This year’s award will be announced against the backdrop of Russia’s war on Ukraine, that has now entered its eighth month.
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