The debate as to whether or not you feel President Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize is so very last week’s debate. What The New York Helmsley is talking about today is how our 44th president and 2009 Nobel Prize winner should join the ranks of past prize winners who have enjoyed a night within the walls of 212 42nd Street. The New York Helmsley Hotel can claim three Nobel Prize winners as former guests.

Meet our prized guests:

+ Shirin Ebadi is the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Ebadi is a lawyer, human rights activist and founder of Centre for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work for democracy and human rights, with a focus on women’s, children’s, and refugee rights.

+ Professor Amartya Sen of India won for Economic Sciences and is known “for his contributions to welfare economics.”

+ Martti Ahtisaari of Finland is a Peace Prize laureate, a former president of Finland, and UN diplomat recognized for his international peace work involving Kosovo and Serbia. Ahtisaari is praised “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.”

So now it is your turn President Barack Obama! Come stay at The New York Helmsley where your fellow laureates have rested.