Author: Harri Holkeri

Quotes

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

- Harri Holkeri

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

- Harri Holkeri

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

- Harri Holkeri

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

- Harri Holkeri

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

- Harri Holkeri

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

- Harri Holkeri

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

- Harri Holkeri

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

- Harri Holkeri

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

- Harri Holkeri

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