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"And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action — a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century." U.S. President Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway on Thursday after having spent less than a year on the job. In a 36-minute speech, he discussed the tensions between war and peace and the idea of a "Jagland said "We have not given the prize for what may happen in the future. The United States, he said, is "a country that's responsible for ending a war and working in another theater to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies. I urge them to expose the hypocrisy of the 2009 Nobel Prize laureate. Obama accepted the prize in Oslo on December 10, 2009. He said those common challenges included the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons (which he said might not occur in his lifetime), nuclear proliferation, climate change, tolerance "among people of different faiths and races and religions", peace between and security for Israelis and Palestinians, better social conditions for the world's poor, including "the ability to get an education and make a decent living; the security that you won't have to live in fear of disease or violence without hope for the future." It seemed to some a self-evident choice. The Nobel Committee's decision drew mixed reactions from US commentators and editorial writers across the political spectrum, as well as from the rest of the world. In accordance with a promise he made during his election campaign, he set in motion a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. occupying forces from Iraq.During his first year in power, President Obama showed himself to be a strong spokesman for human rights and democracy, and as a constructive supporter of the work being done to put effective measures in place to combat the climate crisis. And we are hoping this may contribute a little bit for what he is trying to do," noting that he hoped the award would assist Obama's foreign policy efforts. Kenyan President I urge the American people to bring the killers to justice.

Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba, Afghanistan's Sima Samar, Chinese dissident Hu Jia and Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai had been speculated to be favorites for the award. Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, had been in power for less than eight months when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. We are awarding Obama for what he has done in the past year. Photo: Pete Souza, Obama-Biden Transition Project, licensed by Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Tasked with a mission to manage Alfred Nobel's fortune and has ultimate responsibility for fulfilling the intentions of Nobel's will.For more than a century, these academic institutions have worked independently to select Nobel Laureates in each prize category.Several outreach organisations and activities have been developed to inspire generations and disseminate knowledge about the Nobel Prize. Among the reasons it gave, the Nobel Committee lauded Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples". Subsequent to the award many Americans now consider that Obama did not deserve it in the light of following events.In 2015, Geir Lundestad, the non-voting Director of the Nobel Institute and secretary for the Nobel Committee at the time of the award, published a memoir, "Secretary of Peace". Among the reasons it gave, the Nobel Committee lauded Obama for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".

As President, he called for a new start to relations between the Muslim world and the West based on common interests and mutual understanding and respect.