NOBEL PRIZE OF PEACE

THE NOBEL PRIZES:

• The Nobel Prize of Peace is one of the five Nobel Prizes created by Alfred Nobel, who awarded all his money to create this prizes, in his testament.
• The award is made of10 millions of SEK (about 1.162.000 €).

THE NOBEL PRIZES:

• Some examples of nobel prizes are Martin Luther King Jr., Marie Curie, the European Union, Alexander Fleming, Nelson Mandela...

BARACK OBAMA

2009 NOBEL PRIZE OF PEACE:

• This prize was awarded to the United States President for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people".
• In a 36-minute speach, he mentioned he was the fourth president of U.S.A. to have been awarded with a Nobel Prize.
• Obama Obama won a gold medal, a diploma and $1.4 million.

JUST ONE YEAR LATER...

• The Nobel Fundation has thought to reject the award given to Obama, because he helped with weapons in the syrian war.
• The problem is that is imposible to reject a Nobel Prize.