Martti Ahtisaari, Nobel Peace Prize | Nobelprize.org

Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10, 2008.

In a conflict, one party can always claim victory, but building peace must involve everybody: the weak and the powerful, the victors and the vanquished, men and women, young and old. However, peace negotiations are often conducted by a small elite. In the future we must be better able to achieve a broader participation in peace processes. Particularly, there is a need to ensure the engagement of women in all stages of a peace process.

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