鳩山でなくオバマを選んだ「ノーベル平和賞」の不見識 |
ノーベル平和賞に、鳩山由紀夫でなくバラク・オバマを選んだ不見識に対し、日本政府は選考委員会に抗議すべきだ。
最大の核戦力保有国の軍最高司令官であるオバマよりも、北朝鮮や中国がいくら核ミサイルを配備しても非核三原則を死守すると国際公約した鳩山の方が、より時空を超越している。
地球環境問題でも、温暖化ガス90年比25%削減を歌い上げた鳩山の方が、アメリカのリベラル・メディアでさえ「具体性を欠き不十分」「中国より歯切れが悪い」と評したオバマより、明らかに自虐的リーダーシップに秀でている。
スローガンの高尚さにも大きな差がある。
“Yes, we can.”は三歳児でも言えるが、「友愛」は大人でもよく意味が分からない。
なお、賞の設立者アルフレッド・ノーベルは、平和賞の授賞要件に「国家間の友愛(fraternity between nations)に最も尽くした人」を挙げている。鳩山最適格は明らかだろう(下記英文記事参照)。
このところ、ノーベル平和賞の重要な選考基準は、
①ブッシュに批判的
②独裁政権に宥和的
であった。
オバマ氏が、先制降伏(preemptive surrender)をモットーとする“この100年で最低の大統領にして最低の元大統領”ジミー・カーターや、“金正日の召使い”金大中など先行する受賞者と同レベルの存在にならないよう切に祈る。
ジミー・カーターと金日成(1994年平壌)
FOXNews.com
Friday, October 09, 2009
How the Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's deadline for nominations was February 1, just 11 days after Obama's inauguration. Up to 200 nominations are received annually by the committee, a number that has risen steadily as the award has become increasingly global.
President Obama, the third sitting American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was selected from a so-called "short list" of 5 to 20 finalist candidates.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's deadline for nominations was February 1, just 11 days after Obama's inauguration. Up to 200 nominations are received annually by the committee, a number that has risen steadily as the award has become increasingly global.
"There may occasionally be several thousand nominators behind one and the same nominee," the committee's Web site reads.
A record 205 nominations were received by the committee this year, including 33 organizations. The previous record was 199 in 2005.
A nomination is considered valid by the Nobel Foundation if it's submitted by a member of national assemblies and governments, including members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union; members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague and of the International Court of Justice at the Hague; members of Institut de Droit International; university professors of history, political science, philosophy, law and theology; former Nobel Peace Prize winners and board members of institutions that have previously won; and former permanent advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
"The candidates on the short list are then considered by the Nobel Institute's permanent advisers," the site reads. "In addition to the Institute's Director and Research Director, the body of advisers generally consists of a small group of Norwegian university professors with broad expertise in subject areas with a bearing on the Peace Prize. The advisers usually have a couple of months in which to draw up their reports. Reports are also occasionally requested from other Norwegian and foreign experts."
In his will, Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel said the Peace Prize, presented annually in
Obama, who was "humbled" by the award, according to administration officials, was praised for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the committee said.
Previous winners include U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, former President Jimmy Carter, former Vice President Al Gore, Israeli President Shimon Peres, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Controversial nominees, meanwhile, have included Adolf Hitler,
In 1956, the most recent year nominees for the award have been released, candidates included American Margaret Sanger, Spanish musician Pablo Casals and German Gertrude Baer for her work in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. No winner was eventually named, as was the case in 1955.
The committee does not release the names of nominees, and information in the nomination database is not made public until after a 50-year span -- so if you want to know who Obama beat for the award this year, check back in 2059.
岡本太郎記念館(港区南青山)の庭