2008-11-13

October 10, the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari in Helsinki   attended the news conference. XinHua News Agency / Reuters

XinHua Stockholm on October 10 (Reporter HeMiao and Wu Ping) Oslo: Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on the 10th, 2008 will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to former Finnish President AHaoDiShali. However, the outcome of the controversy.

The Nobel Committee said that Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his order for international peace talks for his tireless efforts, as well as to resolve international conflicts has played an important role.

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari served as the United Nations in charge of the final status of Kosovo's special envoy to negotiate, and that in Kosovo "independence under international supervision." Kosovo in February this year, despite Serbia and Russia strongly oppose the unilateral declaration of independence. Former Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said that Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is the award-winning "political" decision to further put pressure on Serbia to sign. Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Vice-Ci Jisi Slutskaya said Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari on Kosovo¡¯s solution to open the "Pandora" box, breaking the "peace and order." Russian state television that Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with "political" color.

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari was born in 1937, from 1994 to 2000 served as President of Finland. He has served as the United Nations Special Representative for Namibia, the former Yugoslavia and the United Nations Special Representative in charge of administrative affairs of the Under-Secretary-General. To unload the president, Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari also served as the United Nations in the Horn of Africa to deal with humanitarian issues such as the special envoy post. In 2005, and his good offices under the auspices of the Indonesian government and Aceh separatist group, "Free Aceh Movement," the final peace agreement is reached. November that year he officially took up the issue of Kosovo, the United Nations special envoy to negotiate.

Background information: 

Nobel Peace Prize was founded in 1901, more than 100 years of history. It is based on the well-known Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred explosive nitroglycerin   Bernhard Nobel (1833-1896), set up a will. Chinese Nobel in a will set up a 5 awards Peace Prize is one of them. And 4 other awards, the Peace Prize was not awarded the Swedish capital of Stockholm place in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. Peace Prize winner can be an individual or a body. As of 2006, 94 and 19 organizations awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: XinHua network (October 10, 2008)