December 10, Oslo: these are the date and place fixed for the ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize of 2009, assigned to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. A decision taken unanimously by the Norwegian Nobel Committee (the Nobel Peace Prize is the only one not to be decided and delivered in Stockholm), who has chosen to reward the U.S. president "for his extraordinary efforts in support of international diplomacy and cooperation among peoples. " A resolution, however, that has also sparked a lively debate in political and social life. Reactions were varied, and certainly this appointment has caused a general climate surprised, indignant or which is nice.
In fact can hardly be considered a merit award of shares of the highest standing in history. Even Gandhi has ever received (for this reason it was nicknamed "The Missing Laureate"), while more time nominee and although it certainly accomplished something far beyond anything that the American president has done this in the first months in office. Obama has certainly, as the Nobel Prize committee, "created a new climate in international politics, favoring series of environmental initiatives and global nuclear disarmament, but the great challenges that await him have yet to begin. The same Nobel Prize-elect said in a press conference following the news, "not deserve to be safe," even though she was "honored." As regards the recognition of a million and half dollars, the White House spokesman announced that the entire sum will be donated to charities not specified.
One wonders, then, why this vote. "Rarely has a person like Obama has captured the attention of the world and gave his people hope for a better future," says the Committee on nobelprize.org in the statement of 9 October. Precisely for this reason he was awarded a prize like this: an honor to ventata di ottimismo e fiducia che la sua elezione ha diffuso in tutto il mondo. Come lo stesso presidente ha dichiarato, è una “chiamata all’azione”, “Un premio non per i risultati, ma per gli ideali”. Così deve essere, poiché ancora poco è stato fatto e molto, quasi tutto, resta da fare. Barack Obama incarna, perciò, gli “atteggiamenti” in politica internazionale che il Comitato del Nobel ha cercato e cerca di stimolare da 108 anni ad oggi.
I provvedimenti da prendere sono tanti, a partire dalla riforma della sanità pubblica statunitense (su cui Obama si è già decisamente pronunciato); rimane solo da sperare che questi ideali non rimangano solo parole, ma trovino una concreta realizzazione a favore del benessere della popolazione mondiale.
Francesco Cafarelli
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