Nobel Peace Prize® Medal The Nobel Prize for Peace in 2008 awarded Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".

Martti Ahtisaari

Martti Ahtisaari

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (born June 23, 1937 Viipuri, Finland) is a former President of Finland (1994–2000) and a United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.

Ahtisaari's most recent appointment was as UN Special Envoy at the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.

In 2008, Ahtisaari was awarded an honorary degree by University College, London. (Wikipedia)

Video: Martti Ahtisaari on Kosovo 1

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