FILE PHOTO: World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley speaks to the press during his stopover in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Anne Mimault
OSLO (Reuters) - Some 270 million people worldwide - equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy - stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations' World Food Programme said on Thursday upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
The WFP, which has coordinated medical logistics during the coronavirus pandemic, was announced winner of the award for 2020 in October.
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