Martti Ahtisaari: "Every Conflict Can Be Solved"
Noble Foundation / Adam Smith
17-Oct-2008 (2 comments)
[MA] I think the parties must be interested in settling the conflict. It's important to get all parties involved to the table and for a negotiator like myself, one principle is extremely important, I insist that I will have a free hand to pick my colleagues. Very often, the organizations tend to send people that are not the most suited. So in Kosovo, in Namibia, in Aceh, I have always picked my people. Because they are often very small and they have to be able to work together and to master their speciality area, so that you can trust them.... 

Of course, the mere fact that I'm Former Head of State and Former Under-Secretary in the UN system, it means that I can get in touch with anybody in the world, in theory. Because one thing is also very important – you should not work alone. 

 

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Noble Peace Prize 2008

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Interview about the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize (32 minutes)


Following the announcement, Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, tells freelance journalist Sigurd Falkenberg Mikkelsen about the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Martti Ahtisaari

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Listen Telephone interview with Martti Ahtisaari, recorded three hours after the announcement of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, 10 October 2008. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobel Foundation

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