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The progress has to start now.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
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It is clear a Palestinian state is needed.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Palestinian
Palestinian State
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There is a lot of hard work that needs to be done
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Done
Hard Work
Needs
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Luck has a lot to do with how your life develops.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Luck
Life Your How
Develops
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If the political will is there, we can solve anything.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Solve
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Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings.
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Human Beings
Inevitable
Caused
Beings
Conflicts
Wars
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We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
European Union
Member
Union
Turkey
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Normally, I like to eat at home. We don't go out much. The food at home is so good.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Good Home Food
Normally
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Perhaps it's a curse, but when you are a Lutheran, you have a sense of responsibility.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Curse
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I have no superhuman powers. If people don't want to make peace, there is nothing I can do.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Superhuman
Powers
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It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Able
Important
Needs
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If one has problems with immigrant communities in Europe, that should not be used against Turkey.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Communities
Immigrant
Turkey
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I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Mercy
Refugee
Adjust
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To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
War
Firsts
Rights
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You need to carry out very careful pre-feasibility and feasibility studies before you enter any crisis situation.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Careful
Crisis
Situation
Carry
Enter
Studies
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Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Allowing
Eternal
Conflicts
Excuses
Settled
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With my mother, I moved from one household to another before settling in the eastern part of Finland, in the city of Kuopio.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Eastern
Finland
Settling
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There are certain standards, like the protection of minorities and the improvement in their lives that have to be improved now.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Improvement
Minorities
Protection
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I'm one of those people who, as long as I am still healthy and my thoughts are more or less clear, I don't think I can retire entirely.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Entirely
More Or Less
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Religions themselves are... peace-loving. They can also be a constructive force in peace-building, and this also applies to the Middle East.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Constructive
Middle East
Religions
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I'm concerned when certain movements or countries have been isolated from the international dialogue because then you have no way of influencing them.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Dialogue
Isolated
Influencing
Movements
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The mere fact that I'm former head of state and former under-secretary in the U.N. system, it means that I can get in touch with anybody in the world, in theory.
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Former
Mere
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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.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Community
Effort
Thinking
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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.
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Nice
Party
Reality
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There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Excuses
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The views of the Contact Group member-states must be taken seriously, as well as the guidelines set out in their document on Kosovo, which clearly says that the province should not be divided.
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Groups
Taken
Views
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Like several hundred thousand fellow Karelians, we became refugees in our own country as great power politics caused the borders of Finland to be redrawn and left my home town as part of the Soviet Union.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Borders
Finland
Great Power
Home Town
Soviet
Soviet Union
Thousand
Caused
Fellow
Union
Refugees
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Mediators do not choose the conflicts they became involved in, but the parties to the conflict choose the mediator. Their participation as intermediaries is based on the trust of all the conflicting parties.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Conflict
Participation
Mediator
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The ability of the countries within the region to cooperate and establish good-neighborly relations ... will be an important criterion for evaluating their prospects of full integration with the European Union.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Country
Important
Unions
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The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Conflict
Recognition
Consequences
Parties
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No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Eternal
Growing Old
New Generation
Vary
Time Power Government
Policies
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The task of the mediator is to help the parties to open difficult issues and nudge them forward in the peace process. The mediator's role combines those of a ship's pilot, consulting medical doctor, midwife and teacher.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Medical
Consulting
Midwife
Doctor
Mediator
Parties
Peace Process
Pilot
Ship
Task
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All conflicts can be resolved. Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings. There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore those who have power and influence can also stop them. Peace is a question of will.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
War
Being There
Influence
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In the last year of my presidency, I travelled 200 days out of 365. You have to lead a very disciplined life. To be able to do that, I need a lot of sleep. But I have no problems sleeping. On long days, I can easily take a nap for 20 minutes in the afternoon.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Afternoon
Last Year
Presidency
Nap
Disciplined
No Problems
Sleeping
Travelled
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I saw an advertisement to work for a Swedish institute in Karachi in Pakistan. I had just been offered a permanent assignment, teaching in Oulu. But I felt, 'My God, I am not going to stay here forever.' You know why? Because I was following international events.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Following
Institute
Pakistan
Permanent
Swedish
Advertisement
God Work I Am
Assignment
Offered
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The origins of my career as a peace mediator can be found from my childhood years. I was born in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. We lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked my country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, I became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland.
Martti Ahtisaari / President Of Finland
Childhood
Finland
Soviet
Soviet Union
Attacked
Displaced
Eternally
Fellow
Mediator
Origins
Union
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