Yesterday, I spoke to the United Nations Security Council on the significant effect that war and conflict have on driving hunger. Millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation. With COVID-19, I want to stress that we're not only facing a global health pandemic, but also a global humanitarian catastrophe - a HUNGER pandemic. By the end of this year, 265 million people risk being on the verge of starvation.

The World Food Program's David Beasley tells Amna Nawaz how he learned that the organization won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. to.pbs.org/34HMtV8 | PBS NewsHour

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: "Somebody walked in and said 'The Nobel Peace Prize' and I said 'Yeah, what about it?' And he said 'we won!'" Listen to the call between David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme and Olav Njølstad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, recorded shortly after the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize