Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate… — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
