There are a whopping 329 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021, the third-highest ever, according to the organiser of the prestigious award. 
The candidates include 234 individuals and 95 organisations, The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Monday.

This year's number is up from 317 in 2020. &nbsp;The current record of 376 candidates was reached in 2016.

Any persons who are qualified to nominate can submit candidates. They include&nbsp;members of national assemblies and national governments, members of The International Court of Justice, university professors, directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes, and persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the past.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, not in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Economics Prize are awarded.

According to media reports, this year's nominees include the World Health Organization; Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; the Black Lives Matter movement; former White House adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy Avi Berkowitz, who negotiated peace agreements between Israel and Arab countries.

World Food Programme, a United Nations Agency, won the Peace Nobel in 2020.

(With agency inputs) 
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There are a whopping 329 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021, the third-highest ever, according to the organiser of the prestigious award. The candidates include 234 individuals and 95 organisations, The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Monday.

There are a whopping 329 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021, the third-highest ever, according to the organiser of the prestigious award. The candidates include 234 individuals and 95 organisations, The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Monday. This year's number is up from 317 in 2020. The current record of 376 candidates was reached in 2016. Any persons who are qualified to nominate can submit candidates. They include members of national assemblies and national governments, members of The International Court of Justice, university professors, directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes, and persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the past. The Norwegian Nobel Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, not in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and the Economics Prize are awarded. According to media reports, this year's nominees include the World Health Organization; Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya; Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; the Black Lives Matter movement; former White House adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy Avi Berkowitz, who negotiated peace agreements between Israel and Arab countries. World Food Programme, a United Nations Agency, won the Peace Nobel in 2020. (With agency inputs)

This year's Nobel Peace Prize candidates are third highest ever

Turkish President <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-meets-erdogan-unannounced-at-nato-summit-266252">Tayyip Erdogan</a> accused the Nobel academy on Tuesday of rewarding human rights violations by awarding the prize for literature to Peter Handke, who has been criticised for backing late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

Turkey has said it is joining Albania and Kosovo in boycotting the Nobel awards ceremony to protest the academy's choice of Austrian Handke for the prize.

"Giving the Nobel Literature Prize to a racist, who denies the genocide in Bosnia and defends war criminals, on December 10, Human Rights Day, will have no meaning other than the rewarding of human rights violations," Erdogan said.

The academy's choice has been widely criticised.

Handke, now 77, expressed support for Milosevic and spoke at the funeral of the former Serbian president in 2006 after he died in detention during his trial at the UN&nbsp;war crimes tribunal.

Milosevic was charged with war crimes in connection with atrocities and ethnic cleansing committed by Serb forces in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990s wars triggered by the disintegration of federal Yugoslavia.

On Friday, Handke dismissed questions about his support for Milosevic. On Tuesday, he will formally be handed the 9 million crown ($935,000) award and later attend the traditional Nobel banquet.

Handke is the author of books such as "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" and "Slow Homecoming". <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/france-to-summon-turkish-envoy-over-erdogans-insults-265301">He also co-wrote the script</a> of the critically acclaimed 1987 film "Wings of Desire".

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the Nobel academy on Tuesday of rewarding human rights violations by awarding the prize for literature to Peter Handke, who has been criticised for backing late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the Nobel academy on Tuesday of rewarding human rights violations by awarding the prize for literature to Peter Handke, who has been criticised for backing late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Turkey has said it is joining Albania and Kosovo in boycotting the Nobel awards ceremony to protest the academy's choice of Austrian Handke for the prize. "Giving the Nobel Literature Prize to a racist, who denies the genocide in Bosnia and defends war criminals, on December 10, Human Rights Day, will have no meaning other than the rewarding of human rights violations," Erdogan said. The academy's choice has been widely criticised. Handke, now 77, expressed support for Milosevic and spoke at the funeral of the former Serbian president in 2006 after he died in detention during his trial at the UN war crimes tribunal. Milosevic was charged with war crimes in connection with atrocities and ethnic cleansing committed by Serb forces in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo during the 1990s wars triggered by the disintegration of federal Yugoslavia. On Friday, Handke dismissed questions about his support for Milosevic. On Tuesday, he will formally be handed the 9 million crown ($935,000) award and later attend the traditional Nobel banquet. Handke is the author of books such as "The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick" and "Slow Homecoming". He also co-wrote the script of the critically acclaimed 1987 film "Wings of Desire".

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