Nobel Peace winner Pillay jokes about sharing prize with Trump
Oslo: South African champion of international law Navi Pillay, who was awarded this year’s Nobel peace prize, joked that she might “share the prize” with US President Donald Trump if people kept applauding her. “If you clap a little bit more I may share this prize with Trump,” Pillay said in a video posted to X by the Secretary General of Amnesty International, which showed Pillay being applauded…
Navi Pillay, a prominent South African advocate for international law, was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The 85-year-old was initially skeptical about the news, suspecting it might be a joke. "Being a lawyer and a judge, I still want to verify this," she stated. Pillay, who leads the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry in Gaza, revealed that her recent work on the situation there has garnered significant attention.
She explained that the commission's findings identified acts of genocide in Gaza last year, a claim that elicited a positive response. Despite receiving accolades for her courage in speaking the truth, Pillay found the situation ironic. In a humorous remark, she joked about potentially sharing the Nobel Prize with US President Donald Trump if the applause continued.
The award includes a gold medal, diploma, and a monetary prize of $1.2 million, to be presented in Oslo on December 10.
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