Ex-Finnish President Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo (Norway), Oct. 10 : Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his peace-building and brokering efforts in international conflicts for more than 30 years, including his role in a 2005 accord between Indonesia and rebels in its province of Aceh, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.
"These efforts have contributed to a more peaceful world and to ''fraternity between nations'' in Alfred Nobel''s spirit," the committee said in announcing the prize.
Ahtisaari played a significant part in 1989 to 1990 in the establishment of Namibia''s independence, while striving in 1999 and 2005 to 2007 to find a solution to the conflict between Serbia and Kosovo over the latter''s independence, the committee said.
Ahtisaari has also tried to help find a peaceful conclusion to the problems in Iraq, it said.(ANI)
