Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded. — Lakhdar Brahimi Copy Share Image
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together. — 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
