That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his ow….

Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed..

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal..

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables ….

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision..

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping..

When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned; concerned because there were ….

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life fo….

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church….

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get res….

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost e….

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep….

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind..

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Afric….

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transfo….

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing..

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker..

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations..

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages..

We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions..

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching..