Author: Harri Holkeri

Quotes

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

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

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

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results.

- Harri Holkeri

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

- 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

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

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

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

- Harri Holkeri

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