In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it.… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
When my first child was born in 1962, I wrote a letter to my grandfather telling him how happy I was but how concerned;… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
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… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
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… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions. — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
