In a statement, the American Civil Liberties Union called the ban "a historic step, and a clear sign that the United States continues to make significant progress toward eradicating capital punishment once and for all".
In a speech at the award ceremony in the Norwegian capital, Obama said violent conflict would not be eradicated "in our lifetimes", and there would be times when countries would need to fight just wars.
Earlier this year, the deputy mayor of Banda Aceh, the province's capital, labeled homosexuality "a social disease that should be eradicated". .
Despite the Mayor's pledge when he came to power to eradicate homelessness in the capital altogether by 2012, Government figures released in December 2013 showed that the number of rough sleepers in London was actually up 60 per cent over the previous two years.
Some reckoned voters who had felt betrayed by the party – that promised to "eradicate" austerity but, with capital controls in place and an exit from the eurozone looming this summer, ended up swallowing an even harsher dose – had realised Syriza was not truly to blame.
In Lahore alone, a bus system set up last year was opened in January; officials nearly eradicated dengue in 2012; and Mr Sharif built a motorway to Islamabad, the capital, in the 1990s.
In addition to start-up capital for small tourism enterprises there is an allowance for those who have eradicated their coca plants.
"We've eradicated malaria.
Prostitution cannot be eradicated.
It was eradicated 21 years ago.
