Martti Ahtisaari

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Today, I'm going to talk about the Peace Novel prize winner in 2008: Martti Ahtisaari. Last day we look for the Novel Prize winners of the last 12 years (if you want to look who are click here), and then we had to choose one of those and write an article about him.

Martti Ahtisaari was born in the 23 of June of 1937. He is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.

Ahtisaari was a UN Special Envoy at the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long dispute in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts in Namibia; Aceh, Indonesia; Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.

I've chosen he due to the fact I appreciate a lot him. I think he is a very good and generous man that had helped to many people. I hope he is going to continue in this way. I hope he is going to continue resolving international issues and saving the live of lots of people.

Here you have the video of Martti Ahtisaari when he received the Peace Novel Prize in 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden:

 

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