Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari

You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things.

Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari

Since I know that about a million people have been killed by the government of Iraq, I do not need much those weapons of mass destruction.

Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari

It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough.

Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari

During the next 10 years about 1.2 billion young 15-to-30-year-olds will be entering the job market and with the means now at our disposal about 300 million will get a job. What will we offer these young, about a billion of them?

Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Ahtisaari

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
Martti Ahtisaari

During the next 10 years about 1.2 billion young 15-to-30-year-olds will be entering the job market and with the means now at our disposal about 300 million will get a job. What will we offer these young, about a billion of them? — or will we leave them to be recruited by criminal leagues and terrorists? … I think this is one of the greatest challenges if we want to achieve peaceful

development and hope for these young.