The Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy congratulates the Nobel Committee on
awarding this year's Peace Prize to President Obama and congratulates the
President on receiving it. While Barack Obama's achievements for peace will
have to await the judgment of history, it is not too early to recognize that
his words have brought about a welcome change in the atmosphere of
international relations. They lead one to hope that the resort to threat and
force will be replaced by law and reason and that the leaders of this world
will heed the call of Joseph Rotblat, a previous recipient of this
prestigious prize, to remember their humanity.

In particular, LCNP welcomes the endorsement which this award lends to
President Obama's promise to work for a nuclear weapons free world. But LCNP
urges that this goal be achieved, not after the President's lifetime, as
suggested in his Prague speech, but before he leaves the office which, more
than any other, has the ability to bring it about.

John Burroughs, Executive Director
Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy