US President Barack Obama hasu00a0been awardedu00a0the Nobel Peace Prize 2009. Obama will formally recieve the award on December 10.

A five-member jury from the Nobel Committee selected Obama foru00a0his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy.

The committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play," the committee said on its website.