Who Should Win The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize?

[AZ1]

UN organization for doing nothing at all.

 

[jamahir]

Its like “pechy to deko” kid get iifa award for best actor

What is the story behind that golu-molu kid ??

And why exactly are you comparing him with Greta ??

UN organization for doing nothing at all.

Yes, peacefully sitting while certain countries get invaded by NATO and its "rebels".

 

[Krptonite]

When in doubt vote for glorious supreme commander.

Kim Jong un all the way.

 

[RealNapster]

What is the story behind that golu-molu kid ??

And why exactly are you comparing him with Greta ??

Well he got famous because his teacher leaked his “cute” video. Then media took it further and he was invited in different shows , and 2-3 more videos were released. So his total contribution to entertainment industry is 2-3 video, same is this greta, a single speech and we deciding to give her nobel prize, instead give it to those who have actual contribution to this cause worked for decades to secure environment. If a speech is something to decide then make IK POTUS.

 

[fitpOsitive]

Who will win the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019?


Greta Thunberg and Donald Trump dominate Nobel talk

September 30, 2019

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg's shaming of world leaders over climate change has won her millions of admirers. But it just might cost her the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ms Thunberg, one of few people whose nomination has become known before the awards ceremony, is a favourite to win the prize next month.

At 16, she would be the youngest recipient of the $930,000 award won by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev.

She would also be the first to win the prize for environmental work since former US vice president Al Gore shared it in 2007 for raising awareness of climate change.

But Thunberg's youth and confrontational approach - the very factors that have made her the global face of climate change activism - present challenging questions for the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Her shaming of those who choose to travel by aeroplane - #flightshame – raises hackles among some people. The denunciations of world leaders by a teenager alienates others.

While liberals see her as courageous for telling the truth about climate change, right-wing critics depict her as a liar or hypocrite, suggest her parents have manipulated her or portray her as the ringleader of a socialist conspiracy.

"It's been a while [since Gore was awarded the prize in 2007] ... so that would boost her chances," Sverre Lodgaard, a deputy member of the award committee from 2003 to 2011, told Reuters.

"The problem is that the principle of 'flight shame' brings her chances ... down. Shame is not a constructive feeling to bring about change."

Greta Thunberg has hit back at her critics, denying she is paid for her activism or is being "used" by anyone. She wrote on Facebook in February that "there is no one 'behind' me except for myself. My parents were as far from climate activists as possible before I made them aware of the situation."

Thunberg rose to global prominence last year by taking time off school to demonstrate outside Swedish parliament about the lack of action to combat climate change. Inspired by her weekly protest, millions of young people protested around the globe last Friday to put pressure on governments to act.

After sailing to New York in a zero-carbon emissions vessel, she accused leaders at the UN climate summit of stealing her dreams and childhood with empty words on climate change.

"How dare you?" she asked.

Her comments did not go down well with US President Donald Trump, who has questioned climate science and has challenged every major US regulation aimed at combating climate change.

Retweeting footage of her speech, he mocked Ms Thunberg by saying: "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"

Ms Thunberg responded by changing her Twitter biography to: "A very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future."

Mr Trump also suggested he ought to receive the Nobel Peace Prize himself "for a lot of things if they gave it out fairly, which they don't."

With Nobel Prize winners inevitably thrust into the spotlight, the committee will consider Ms Thunberg's age and how a teenager would cope with even more intense public scrutiny than she is already under, Mr Lodgaard said.

Five years ago, Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai won the award at the age of 17, but her candidacy was less divisive than Thunberg's.

"It is a tremendous burden to give a Nobel to a teenager," said Asle Sveen, author of several books about the prize.

Even so, he and Mr Lodgaard say Thunberg still has a chance of winning.

The award committee could opt to reduce the weight of expectation on Thunberg by sharing the prize between her and someone else, or simply decide her behaviour has shown she is mature beyond her years, they said.

"They would have seen and heard her and she would have come across as thoughtful and effective. She could be a very good candidate," Mr Lodgaard said.

What is the definition of peace?


Also possibly counting against Thunberg is a debate in academic circles about whether environmental activism counts towards peace, as defined in Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's will, even though Gore shared his award with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"The argument 'for' is that the science shows we are experiencing a dramatic change of climate and we could have extreme conditions, with consequences in terms of war and refugees," Mr Sveen said.

"The argument 'against' would be: does a prize to the environment fall outside the boundaries of Nobel's will? This was an argument used when Al Gore and the IPCC won in 2007."

Apart from Ms Thunberg, other leading possible contenders for the award include Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for the reconciliation he forged in 2018 with Eritrea.

The neighbours fought a war that killed more than 70,000 people from 1998 to 2000 and failed to implement a 2000 peace deal. Also counting in Mr Abiy's favour is his lifting of bans against opposition parties, said Henrik Urdal, director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Mr Abiy, who took office in April 2018, is pushing Ethiopia towards new democratic freedoms, though rights groups say more needs to be done to heal wounds after years of government repression.

Reporters Without Borders, or the Committee to Protect Journalists, groups that campaign for freedom of the press, could also be recognised.

"There is very distinctly a case for this in the age of fake news," said Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Pope Francis, the United Nations Refugee Agency and its head, Filippo Grandi, are also mentioned among possible contenders for the price in recognition of their work towards refugees and as a way to highlight the right to asylum, under pressure in the United States, Europe and elsewhere.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has received 301 nominations for the 2019 Peace Prize from around the world this year. The Committee does not reveal the names of nominees for 50 years, meaning predictions are mostly based on speculation.

Mr Trump and Thunberg were both put forward by Norwegian politicians from competing sides of the political spectrum.

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Where is @Retired Troll in the list?

 

[jamahir]

same is this greta, a single speech and we deciding to give her nobel prize

It was not just one speech, it was what she did earlier and what she initiated. The below text is from Wikipedia about her :

Thunberg first became known for her activism in August 2018 when, at age 15, she began spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on global warming by holding up a sign saying (in Swedish) "School strike for climate". Soon, other students engaged in similar protests in their own communities. Together they organized a school climate strike movement under the name Fridays for Future. After Thunberg addressed the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference, student strikes took place every week somewhere in the world. In 2019, there were at least two coordinated multi-city protests involving over one million students each.

In India, it is done that school students have before called for strikes against some aspect of their school syllabus, not for something like what Greta did.

Greta deserves recognition, because that will also teach many people about issues like pollution.

 

[war&peace]

The Taliban brutally killed Mohammad Najibullah, the last leader of progressing Afghanistan.

I don't think so since Taliban's appear very late on the scene but in case if they did it, then they deserve two Nobel peace prizes.

 

[fisher1]

Funny. You added Modi and Xi Jingping who harvests Muslim organs and force them out to atheism but didn't mention Erdoğan

I think the award should be given to Dr Zakir Naik

 

[Code_Geass]

Nobel for peace should be scrapped we haven't got someone in past decade at least wjo worked for regional or world peace

 

[jamahir]

I think the award should be given to Dr Zakir Naik

On one side is Greta Thunberg, on the other is Zakir Naik.

On one side is a person who calls for a good future for all humankind, on the other side is a person whose ideas are based on the past for a limited set of people.

Who will you choose ??

And tell me, what is Zakir Naik's solution to the socio-economic problem that is India's farmers who are committing suicide due to India's Capitalist environment ??

 

[fisher1]

On one side is Greta Thunberg, on the other is Zakir Naik.

On one side is a person who calls for a good future for all humankind, on the other side is a person whose ideas are based on the past.

Who will you choose ??

And tell me, what is Zakir Naik's solution to the socio-economic problem that is India's farmers who are committing suicide due to India's Capitalist environment ??

On one side is a person who calls for a good future in this temporary 60-100 years life. On the other side is a person who calls for pleasing God and having a life of eternal happiness without any worries at all in Heaven which is good beyond our imaginations.

Who wins hands down?

Dr Zakir Naik.

Bring Modi to justice and implement Sharia law and you will see how farmers and everyone prospers

 

[HannibalBarca]

On one side is Greta Thunberg, on the other is Zakir Naik.

On one side is a person who calls for a good future for all humankind, on the other side is a person whose ideas are based on the past for a limited set of people.

Who will you choose ??

And tell me, what is Zakir Naik's solution to the socio-economic problem that is India's farmers who are committing suicide due to India's Capitalist environment ??

Well... a True Islamic based society not the semi-fake ones who are more "Liberals" than Western Liberals themselves... would do the job... since Capitalism is forbidden in Islam...
And FYI no Muslim majority country ON EARTH is an Islamic based one... NONE.
After all Sharia is not only What you can drink or not...

 

[jamahir]

After all Sharia is not only What you can drink or not...

Agreed.

and implement Sharia law and you will see how farmers and everyone prospers

Do you know of such a model Sharia state ??

Well... a True Islamic based society not the semi-fake ones who are more "Liberals" than Western Liberals themselves...

Please list some of these.

since Capitalism is forbidden in Islam.

Agreed.

On the other side is a person who calls for pleasing God and having a life of eternal happiness without any worries at all in Heaven which is good beyond our imaginations.

That to me seems more a Buddhist / Hindu philosophy than an Islamic one.

 

[Counter-Errorist]

As much as I respect some on that list, none of them deserve the Nobel Prize (at least not yet).

I would nominate Bill Gates.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Agreed.




Please list some of these.

every Muslim majority country is in that category... Even those who we think not to be in it... like KSA etc...
ALL of them still use and thrive on what their Western Masters left behind them...

They saw those Masters greater than them... so it was obvious for them to follow their legacy...
That's why The majority of Muslim countries got their Master-Slave mentality still running in their mind...
"They are Better than us... So let's be like them..."