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Martti Ahtisaari Quotes

1937–2023 Finland

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (23 June 1937 – 16 October 2023) was a former President of Finland (1994–2000), a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work, and the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

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You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.

I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.

It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough.

Since I know that about a million people have been killed by the government of Iraq, I do not need much those weapons of mass destruction.

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