Jan Eliasson
Jan Eliasson
Jan Kenneth Eliassonis a Swedish diplomat who has been Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since 1 July 2012. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 24 April to 6 October 2006...
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it is crucial that Palestinians and Israelis cooperate to the fullest extent possible.
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We are facing an escalation that could end in armed conflict, with terrible suffering as a result. That's why the world should be very careful at the moment.
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What we have been trying very energetically during these two days to convey to the Iraqi side is that for them to have a better hearing...for their grievances, they would be very wise in...coming back to the situation before October 29.
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While we will build on the positive achievements and best practices of the Commission, some of the elements we are considering will make the Human Rights Council a truly new and different body a fresh start.
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We have worked through the families, the travel agencies. We've sent ... up to a hundred people to go through the hospitals.
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Who is right? The answer, I believe, is up to us, ... The document should, as one speaker put it, be a beachhead of common ground from which we launch ourselves forward with urgency and common purpose.
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A reopening of negotiations will mean new amendments and we would continue going in circles, getting nowhere.
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I have seen the women in Somalia receive those water bottles where the alternative for them is to walk for two miles to get polluted water and even run the risk of being raped. These are the realities that we have to bring into the halls of the United Nations. So we may ask for a higher degree of ambition in the document. The realities are there, and I think we will have to deal with those realities.
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International issues are national, and so many local issues - migration, communicable diseases, organized crime - end up touching everyone. At the same time there is such suspicion. It is quite a paradox.
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I hope the Iraqis understand that their isolation could be much worse than it is today.
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not only to recall the grievous crimes committed in human history but also to reaffirm our unfaltering resolve to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.
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While no member state has got everything it argued for, the text before you is balanced, strong and workable. I also hope that, after reviewing the text as a whole and after assessing the larger issues at stake, you will be ready to move to a decision on this draft resolution as soon as possible, preferably before the end of next week.
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Still I would claim that this very ambitious reform proposal represents a major step for reform of the United Nations.
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The best birthday gift to our Organization is for all of us, the members of the global community, to translate our leaders' commitments at the 2005 World Summit into concrete action to the benefit of the peoples of the world,