President Barack Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize (Update 1) – news video reports
President Barack Obama has accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in a lavish ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Mr. Obama said Thursday that he wants to continue working on issues that are important for America and for building lasting peace and security in the world.
The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony takes place in the Oslo City Hall, Norway, on 10 December every year – the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death.
Why is the Nobel Peace Prize awarded in Oslo and all the other Nobel Prizes in Stockholm?
Alfred Nobel left no explanation as to why the prize for peace was to be awarded by a Norwegian committee while the other four prizes were to be handled by Swedish committees. In the will he wrote:
“The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiology or medical works by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm, and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting.”
U.S. President Barack Obama collects the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize – video from News On ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 10 Dec 2009:
President Barack Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize – AP news video 10 Dec 2009:
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Barack Obama is not only a charismatic president but he is a very intelligent and smart person too. I congratulate him for winning a Nobel Peace Prize .
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i believe that Barack Obama is the president that the US needs in these hard times. I do not like the local and foreign policy of any Rebublican.