SHOTLIST
1.
Finland's ex-president
Martti Ahtisaari with wife Eeva watching announcement on television
2. SOUNDBITE: (
English) Martti Ahtisaari,
2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner:
"Of course
I am extremely pleased because, as you know personally, that we have been sitting in front of the TV on number of occasions earlier and it has not been my turn so I am grateful for the
Nobel committee for their decision. And because this hopefully will facilitate my future work also and create conditions
for my colleagues in CMI (
Crisis Management Initiative), our non-governmental organisation which is crucial in supporting me and acting on their own without me."
3. Mid of
Ahtisaari and wife Eeva
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner:
(Q: What are the new challenges? There are some speculations that you are going to tackle this
Sri Lanka crisis.)
"We have been approached from different crisis, there are always contacts taken by different sources in the world. We have to be very careful where we go, we still have to follow the
Aceh process because there are elections next year and see that
peace development continues because it is very challenging, actually making peace is one thing but then how to build a peaceful society from there requires as much efforts as the peace negotiations and local parties, of course government and the parties required."
5.
Close of Ahtisaari speaking on phone
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Martti Ahtisaari, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner:
"I hope to work more and more with employment of youth because that's perhaps the greatest challenge in the world if one looks at the development challenges, and fight against terrorism as well, because estimates are there that in the decade to come, there will be 1.3 billion youngsters under 30 entering the labour market, from 15-16 to 29. And with traditional means we can employ only
300 millions. So what do we do with the nearly billion youngsters, who don't have any hope, no hope for work or better life? They are prime targets for criminals and terrorists, for their recruitment. So we have to seriously provide training that creates to the existing jobs and then make as many as these youngsters into entrepreneurs and see that they also get funding that it grows, and funding has to be more than in traditional micro-credits system."
7. Mid of Ahtisaari and wife Eeva
STORYLINE:
Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the
Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from
Africa and
Asia to
Europe and the
Middle East.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it honoured Ahtisaari for important efforts over more than three decades to resolve international conflicts.
By selecting Ahtisaari, 71, for the prize, the Nobel committee returned its focus to traditional peace work after tapping climate campaigner
Al Gore and the UN panel on climate change last year.
Speaking to AP
Television, Ahtisaari said he "was very pleased and grateful" to receive the prize.
Ahtisaari said he hoped the prize would make it easier to attract financing for his peace work.
The secretive five-member committee said Ahtisaari's work
across the world - Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East - proved that such efforts can have a profound effect on peace processes.
"For the past 20 years, he has figured prominently in endeavours to resolve several serious and long-lasting conflicts," the citation said, mentioning his work in conflicts from
Namibia to
Aceh, Indonesia,
Kosovo and
Iraq.
Ahtisaari had been listed as a possible Nobel Peace Prize candidate since
2005.
He initiated and mediated peace talks in
Finland, and a peace agreement was signed in
Helsinki.
Ahtisaari has had a broad career in politics and peacemaking.
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- published: 21 Jul 2015
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