UN congratulates Nobel winners

The United Nations has congratulated the winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2022 prize to Belarus activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' statement said this year's recognition "shines a spotlight on the power of civil society in advance of peace. Civil society groups are the oxygen of democracy and catalysts for peace, social progress and economic growth.

Dujarric aslo told reporters that Guterres is working to "expand and extend" the Black Sea Grain Initiative and said representatives, Rebecca Greenspan and Martin Griffiths are expected to travel to Moscow in about a week to meet with senior Russian officials to discuss these issues.