In his first ten months in office, President Barack Obama has faced a wide range of challenges and obsticles. Just a weeks ago, his efforts paid off as he was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Obama wasn't selected for the things he had accomplished, but rather for his vision and dream that inspired the entire world at the beginning of his presidency.
"For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman," the committee said, explaining its decision.
Obama told reporters that he did not view the award as a recognition of his own accomplishments. But rather as an affirmation of American leadership. He then stated that he would accept the award as a "call to action".
Shortely after his acceptance speech, he made plans to donate the roughly $1.4 million award to charity. In further statements by the committee, they added, "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people so much hope for a better future."
As President, Obama has created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has stimulated both disarmament and arms control negotiations and the U.S. is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the huge challenges the world is confronting, thanks to the seemingly tireless efforts of it's President.
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