GENEVA, November 5. /TASS/. The world’s governing body of football, FIFA, has introduced the ‘Peace Prize’ that will be awarded to individuals "who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace" uniting people across the globe, the FIFA press office announced in a statement on Wednesday.
"The ‘FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World’ will be bestowed on behalf of all football loving people from all around the world - more than five billion of the world’s population," the statement reads.
"With their daily actions in and for football, all these people contribute to FIFA’s motto ‘Football unites the World’ as they unite girls and boys, women and men around passion, joy, hope and happiness and it is therefore only fitting that a special award recognizes a special achievement," the statement continued.
According to FIFA, ‘The Peace Prize,’ "will be bestowed on an annual basis" and the "first winner is to receive the award from FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday, December 5, 2025."
"FIFA has announced the introduction of the ‘FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World’ to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world," the statement added.
