Telephone interview with Juan Manuel Santos following the announcement of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media.Juan Manuel Santos (JMS): Hello.Adam Smith (AS): Good morning President Santos. My name is Adam Smith representing Nobelprize.o

Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I accept this prize.I am grateful to my wife Rosalynn, to my colleagues at the Carter Center,and to many others who continue to seek an end to violence and suffering

I am not here as a public offcial, but as a citizen of a troubled world who finds hope in a growing consensus that the generally accepted goals of society are peace,freedom, human rights, environmental quality, the alleviation of suffering, and the rule of law.During the past decades, the internatio