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Martti Ahtisaari awarded Nobel Peace Prize 2008

13 October 2008, 10:27AM

Amnesty International pays tribute to Martti Ahtisaari, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, recognised for his important work around the world in conflict resolution in places where grave human rights abuses were taking place.

"We welcome and celebrate the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Martti Ahtisaari," said Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International. "This recognises the great work he has done to resolve conflict around the world. In places like Aceh this has been vital to the work of Amnesty International in enabling us to confront the grave human rights abuses that are a mark of such conflict zones."

Amnesty International has worked with Martti Ahtisaari over the years, particularly on Aceh in Indonesia where abductions, torture and unlawful killings took place on a daily basis prior to the resolution of the conflict in this troubled region.

Amnesty International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977.

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Brian Barker
14 October 2008, 06:20AM Notify the web editor

I regret that the much neglected language, Esperanto did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize. At least nine British MP’s nominated this global language, for the Prize.

Within a short period of 121 years Esperanto is now placed within the top 100 languages, out of 6,000 worldwide according to the CIA factbook. It is the 17th most used language by Wikipedia, and it is in active use by Facebook and Skype.

Solid arguments for Esperanto can be seen on the Youtube video, by Professor Piron, a former translator at the United Nations.

If you have time please check http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LV9XU

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