Martti Ahtisaari
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1 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari with his Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma at the award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, 10 December 2008.
© The Nobel Foundation 2008. Photo: Ken Opprann
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Martti Ahtisaari delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2008. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2008
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Martti Ahtisaari delivering his Nobel Lecture at the Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2008. [snippet id="18863"]
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3 (of 23) The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2008 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway.
© The Nobel Foundation 2008. Photo: Odd-Steinar Tøllefsen
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4 (of 23) Nobel Laureate Martti Ahtisaari (left) with members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee: Berge Furre, Sissel Rønbeck, Inger-Marie Ytterhorn and Kaci Kullmann Five.
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5 (of 23) King Harald V of Norway (left) shakes hands with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari (right) after the Award Ceremony.
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6 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, signs the guest book at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
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7 (of 23) The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate with the Norwegian Royal Family at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway (from left to right): Queen Sonja of Norway, Eeva Ahtisaari, Martti Ahtisaari, King Harald V, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway.
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Martti Ahtisaari viewing the traditional torch light procession in Oslo from his balcony at the Grand Hotel, 10 December 2008.
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9 (of 23) 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Banquet. From left: Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway, Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari.
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10 (of 23) 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Banquet. From left: King Harald V of Norway, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari and Ole Danbolt Mjøs, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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11 (of 23) Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari (middle) on stage with the hosts of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Sir Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson.
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12 (of 23) Eeva and Martti Ahtisaari are among the audience at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. Artists from all over the world gathered at the Oslo Spektrum in Norway to honour the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and help spread a message of peace.
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13 (of 23) 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari.
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14 (of 23) 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.
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15 (of 23) 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.
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16 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari, United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, February 2007.
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17 (of 23) 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.
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18 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari (left) meets Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) at the United Nations, New York, December 1999.
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19 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari and Nelson Mandela exchange decorations and handshakes during a state visit in South Africa, May 1997.
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20 (of 23) 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.
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21 (of 23) Under-Secretary General Martti Ahtisaari in his office in Manhattan, New York.
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22 (of 23) 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.
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23 (of 23) Martti Ahtisaari takes part in negotiations in Namibia, 1989.
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