New Kosova Report

Mr. Ahtisaari nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

Martti Ahtisaari meets President Fatmir Sejdiu

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who drafted a plan for supervised independence for Kosovo, are among a near-record 197 nominees for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize.

Ahtisaari, repeatedly tipped for the prize for peace work from the Balkans to Indonesia, drafted a status plan for Kosovo as U.N. special envoy.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Feb. 17 and promised to follow Ahtisaari's plan, including respect for minorities. Russia, Serbia's closest ally, blocked the U.N. Security Council from adopting the blueprint last year.

"Nominations have come from all over the world. We are very happy about this because the prize has become truly global," Lundestad said.

Until the 1960s, the award set up in the 1896 will of Swedish philanthropist Alfred Nobel almost always went to Europeans and North Americans.

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