Ahtisaari

Ahtisaari founded the Crisis Management Initiative in 2000.

阿赫蒂萨里在2000年创建了“危机管理倡议”组织。

In an interview on Norwegian television, Ahtisaari cited peace talks in 1989-1990 in the southwestern African nation of Namibia as his greatest achievement.

阿赫蒂萨里在接受挪威电视台采访时说，1989年到1990年在非洲西南部国家纳米比亚的和平谈判是自己最大的成就。

Ahtisaari began his career as a school teacher before joining Finland's foreign ministry.

阿赫蒂萨里最初的职业是教师，随后他到芬兰外交部工作。

Ahtisaari and a journalist for the Finnish magazine Suomen Kuvalehti, said the former president embodied a stoic toughness that Finns see as their national trait.

梅里卡利奥曾写作过一本阿赫蒂萨里的传记。她说，这位芬兰前总统身上体现了一种坚韧克己的韧性，芬兰把此看作是本国人的品性。

Over the past 20 years, the Nobel statement said, Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts in Namibia, Indonesia, Kosovo and Iraq-among other areas.

诺贝尔奖委员会的声明说，在过去20年里，阿赫蒂萨里为解决纳米比亚、印度尼西亚、科索沃和伊拉克等地旷日持久的严重冲突发挥了无与伦比的作用。

U.S. recognition of Kosovo came as no surprise, since the Bush administration strongly supported last year's plan of U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari to give the breakaway Serbian province internationally-supervised independence.

美国承认科索沃并不出人意料，因为布什政府坚决支持联合国特使阿赫蒂萨里去年提出的计划，让脱离塞尔维亚的科索沃省在国际监督下独立。

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari Wins Nobel Peace Prize

挪威的诺贝尔奖委员会宣布前芬兰总统及和平事业倡导者马尔蒂.阿赫蒂萨里获得今年的诺贝尔和平奖。