There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreign…

- Lakhdar Brahimi

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.

- Lakhdar Brahimi

The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan c…

- Lakhdar Brahimi

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

- Lakhdar Brahimi

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lo…

- Lakhdar Brahimi

Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.

- Lakhdar Brahimi

But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordinati…

- Lakhdar Brahimi

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.

- Lakhdar Brahimi

So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is v…

- Lakhdar Brahimi