Lakhdar Brahimi

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well,…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

There is an element of luck, there is an element of trial and error, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed. It's not…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint,…

— Lakhdar Brahimi