WORLD REACTS TO OBAMA PEACE PRIZE
US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "extraordinary efforts" to build diplomacy and promote
nuclear disarmament. [...] Here is a round-up of world reaction to the award as reported by news agencies.
IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MANOUCHEHR MOTTAKI
We have no objection if this prize is an incentive to reverse the warmongering and unilateral policies of the previous US
administration and if this encourages a policy based on just peace.
The appropriate time for awarding such a prize is when foreign military forces leave Iraq and Afghanistan and when one stands
by the rights of the oppressed Palestinian people.
ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR
In a short time he has established a new tone, creating willingness for dialogue and I think we all should support him to make
peace ∈ this world possible. There is a lot to do but a window of opportunity has been opened. His advocacy of a world free of
nuclear arms is an aim we all need to make real ∈ the next few years.
TALIBAN SPOKESMAN ZABIHULLAH MUJAHID
We have seen no change ∈ his strategy for peace. He has done nothing for peace ∈Afghanistan. He has not taken a single
step for peace ∈Afghanistan or to make this country stable.
We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama. We condemn the institute\\'s awarding him the peace prize. We
condemn this year\\'s peace prize as unjust.
HAMAS LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH
We are ∈ need of actions, not sayings. If there is no fundamental and true change ∈American policies toward the
acknowledgment of the rights of the Palestinian people, I think this prize won\\'t move us forward or backward.
(Texto retirado e adaptado de http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/8298802.stm, em 9/10/2009).
No último parágrafo, as expressões “we” (linha 23) e “us” (linha 24) referem-se:
