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Article: SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON WINNING 2009 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- October 10, 2009
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 9 -- The United Nations Office of the Secretary General issued the text of the following statement:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today, 9 October:
I would like to wholeheartedly welcome and congratulate United States President Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
This is great news for President Obama, for the people of the United States, and for the United Nations.
We are entering an era of renewed multilateralism, a new era where the challenges facing humankind demand global common cause and uncommon global effort. President Obama embodies the new spirit of dialogue and engagement ...