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Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari 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-running 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. [ From
Wikipedia ]
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2008/ahtisaari.html
http://www.ahtisaari.fi/
