Challenges Quote by Antonio Guterres

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of…

— Chris Patten

Multilateral diplomacy is hard. It's slower, it's tougher, it's a bigger slog. I've learned that sometimes the things you'd most like to do something…

— Condoleezza Rice

Since I came to the World Bank in 2007, I have argued that we must 'modernize multilateralism.'

— Robert Zoellick

A multilateral world trade system is our very best hope for addressing the broad range of issues such as market access, tariff and nontariff…

— Victor Fung

We can't speak day after day about globalization without at the same time having in mind that...we need multilateral solutions.

— Dominique Strauss-Kahn

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be…

— Robert Zoellick

It's not compatible to expect multilateralism to work and, at the same time, to expect to walk out with everything you wanted. This is…

— Roberto Azevedo

Is multilateralism nothing more than a dodge for simple inaction?

— Elliott Abrams

I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is…

— Joschka Fischer

There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.

— Joschka Fischer

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

— Hans Blix

A trilateral initiative by the U.S., China, and India in the Gulf, aimed at facilitating a resolution of historic problems in the region, would…

— Sanjaya Baru