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Country Quotes by Lakhdar Brahimi
- The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan…
- Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
- There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds…
- But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the…
- The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has…
- So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and…
- I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that…
- 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…
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