"It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough."
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On his plans to use the Nobel Prize money to help fund peace organisations he has worked with, quoted in "Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize" in BBC News (10 October 2008)
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Martti Ahtisaari
1994 – 2000
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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