Editing Martti Ahtisaari (section)

=== Nobel Peace Prize ===
[[File:Nobel Peace Prize 2008 Martti Ahtisaari.jpg|thumb|Nobel Peace Prize 2008]]
On 10 October 2008, Ahtisaari was announced as that year's recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. Ahtisaari received the prize on 10 December 2008 at [[Oslo City Hall]] in Norway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony 2008 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/the-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony-2008/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |website=NobelPrize.org |date=June 2013 |language=en-US |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026041324/https://www.nobelprize.org/ceremonies/the-nobel-peace-prize-award-ceremony-2008/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in [[Kosovo]]&nbsp;– first in 1999 and again between 2005 and 2007. The committee said he also worked with others this year to find a peaceful solution to the problems in [[Iraq]]. According to the committee, Ahtisaari and his group, [[Crisis Management Initiative]] (CMI), also contributed to resolving other conflicts in [[Northern Ireland]], [[Central Asia]], and the [[Horn of Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ahtisaari finally wins his own Nobel Peace Prize|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2705432.ece|publisher=[[Aftenposten]]|date=10 October 2008|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013034345/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2705432.ece|archive-date=13 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nobel Peace Prize goes to peace broker Ahtisaari|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2704892.ece|publisher=Aftenposten|date=10 October 2008|access-date=13 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010211922/http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2704892.ece|archive-date=10 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 awarded to Martti Ahtisaari |url=http://www.norwaypost.no/cgi-bin/norwaypost/imaker?id=201245 |agency=[[Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation]]/TNC |work=The Norway Post|date=10 October 2008 |access-date=13 October 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Ahtisaari invited Prime Minister [[Matti Vanhanen]], Foreign Affairs Minister [[Alexander Stubb]] and others to his Nobel event, but not President Halonen.<ref>[http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Presidentti+Halosta+ei+kutsuttu+Ahtisaaren+Nobel-juhliin/1135241949683 Presidentti Halosta ei kutsuttu Ahtisaaren Nobel-juhliin]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060350/http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/Presidentti%2BHalosta%2Bei%2Bkutsuttu%2BAhtisaaren%2BNobel-juhliin/1135241949683 |date=20 October 2012 }}. Helsingin Sanomat</ref>

According to the memoir of the former secretary of the [[Norwegian Nobel Committee]], [[Geir Lundestad]], former Foreign Minister and UN ambassador [[Keijo Korhonen (politician)|Keijo Korhonen]], who was strongly against awarding the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize to Ahtisaari, wrote a letter to the committee which negatively portrayed Ahtisaari as a person and his merits in international conflict zones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/kotimaa/ahtisaari%20lundestad-41035|title=Norjalaiskirja paljastaa: Keijo Korhonen yritti estää Martti Ahtisaaren Nobel-palkinnon|date=18 September 2015|publisher=Verkkouutiset|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920232031/http://www.verkkouutiset.fi/kotimaa/ahtisaari%20lundestad-41035|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Infobox coat of arms
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