Also Quote by Lakhdar Brahimi

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

“One only had to go to Kabul airport to see a classic example of the aid community helping itself rather than Afghans. The scariest…

— Christina Lamb

Everyone in Afghanistan and Pakistan is a potential target. My heart goes out to the UN family in Afghanistan: in spite of everything, they…

— Chris Alexander

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

— Lakhdar Brahimi

The notion that the UN is some sort of dispassionate body that, does right and just pursues everybody's best interests is a fantasy. Each…

— Mona Charen

There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Indeed, it is a common goal to create a stronger United Nations able to meet the multitude of expectations placed upon it. To that…

— Miroslav Lajcak

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small…

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

We need a relevant and efficient United Nations.

— Goran Persson

Let's remember that the reason we are there is that we have vital interests in Afghanistan, hugely important national interests, as do the other…

— David Petraeus

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

I have been involved with the UN refugee agency for a few years now, and we have done events to speak about refugees, focusing…

— Khaled Hosseini