The Program on Negotiation established the Great Negotiator Award in 2000 to honor individuals of extraordinary achievement in dispute resolution . The award is designed not only to honor the accomplishments of outstanding negotiators , but also to focus public attention on the important role of negotiation as society faces increasingly complex disputes in all sectors – public and private , technological and ethical , personal and professional . PON has recognized a diverse cast of distinguished negotiators from their respective fields : Juan Manuel Santos , Nobel Peace Prize recipient and President of Colombia ( 2017 ) ; Martti Ahtisaari , Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former President of Finland ( 2010 ) ; Christo and Jeanne-Claude , the artists who created The Gates in Central Park ( 2008 ) ; Bruce Wasserstein , Chairman and CEO of Lazard , an international financial advisory and asset management firm ( 2007 ) ; Sadako Ogata , former United Nations high commissioner for refugees ( 2005 ) ; Richard Holbrooke , former United States ambassador to the United Nations ( 2004 ) ; Stuart Eizenstat , former U.S. ambassador to the European Union ( 2003 ) ; Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi , the United Nations ’ special envoy for Afghanistan ( 2002 ) ; Charlene Barshefsky , U.S. trade representative in the second Clinton administration ( 2001 ) ; and former U.S. Senator George Mitchell for his work in Northern Ireland ( 2000 )
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