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If one has problems with immigrant communities in Europe, that should not be used against Turkey.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Against
#Europe
#Immigrant
#Problems
We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Convinced
#European Union
#Useful
#Would
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
#Childhood
#City
#Lost
#Peace
#Rest
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.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#I Can
#State
#System
#Touch
#World
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
#Conflict
#Peace
#People
#Responsibility
You need to carry out very careful pre-feasibility and feasibility studies before you enter any crisis situation.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Careful
#Carry
#Crisis
#Need
#Situation
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
#Accept
#Excuses
#Influence
#Power
#War
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
#Choose
#Conflict
#Participation
#Trust
I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Adjust
#Know
#Living
#Mercy
#Others
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
#Country
#Great
#Home
#Politics
#Power
I have no superhuman powers. If people don't want to make peace, there is nothing I can do.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#I Can
#Nothing
#Peace
#People
#Want
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
#Before
#City
#Finland
#Mother
#Settling
Wars and conflicts are not inevitable. They are caused by human beings.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Beings
#Human Beings
#Human
#Inevitable
If the political will is there, we can solve anything.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Anything
#Political
#Solve
#Will
Peace is a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become eternal.
- Martti Ahtisaari
#Become
#Excuses
#Peace
#Question
#Will
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
#Doctor
#Medical
#Peace
#Process
#Teacher
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