Photo Gallery

Martti Ahtisaari delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Ken Opprann

 

Martti Ahtisaari with his Nobel Peace Prize Medal and Diploma at the Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Ken Opprann

 

Martti Ahtisaari viewing the traditional torch light procession in Oslo from his balcony at the Grand Hotel, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008 Photo: Ken Opprann

 

2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari. Copyright © UN Photo Photo: Mark Garten

 

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Martti Ahtisaari (left), Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, at the United Nations, New York, February 2008. Copyright © UN Photo Photo: Mark Garten

 

Martti Ahtisaari (left), United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, and NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (right), at a press point at NATO, February 2007. Copyright © NATO Photos

 

Martti Ahtisaari, United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, February 2007. Copyright © NATO Photos

 

A celebration to mark the first peace agreement between the separatist Free Aceh Movement and the Indonesian government in Banda Aceh, August 2006. From left: Eeva Ahtisaari, Juha Christensen, Martti Ahtisaari, Indonesian Vice President Yusuf Kalla, Dr Farid Husein and Mrs Kalla. Copyright © Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari

 

Martti Ahtisaari (left) meets Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) at the United Nations, New York, December 1999. Copyright © UN Photo Photo: Eskinder Debebe

 

Martti Ahtisaari and Nelson Mandela exchange decorations and handshakes during a state visit in South Africa, May 1997. Copyright © Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari

 

Secretary-General Javier Perez De Cuellar (left) being briefed on the diversity of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) operations in Namibia by Martti Ahtisaari (right), Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Namibia, March 1990. Copyright © UN Photo Photo: John Isaac

 

Under-Secretary General Martti Ahtisaari in his office in Manhattan, New York. Copyright © Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari

 

Martti Ahtisaari, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Namibia, inspects a contingent of United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) police monitors from India at their base east of Rundu in the Caprivi Strip, Namibia, April 1989. Copyright © UN Photo Photo: Milton Grant

 

Martti Ahtisaari takes part in negotiations in Namibia, 1989. Copyright © Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari