Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimiis an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993...
NationalityAlgerian
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth1 January 1934
CountryAlgeria
against excesses fighting happen start understand
I understand even the excesses that can happen once you start fighting against injustice, not to condone it but to understand how you get there.
areas help somewhere work
or let us go and work somewhere else. There are other areas where help is needed.
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Bremer is the dictator of Iraq. He had the money. He has the signature. Nothing happens without his agreement in this country.
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The sooner a credible Iraqi government is in place to lead the way, the better, especially because the absence of such a sovereign government is part of the problem in the first place,
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It is evident that the United Nations cannot, has no means, is not present on the ground and simply cannot possibly accede to this request.
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What we have learned from that struggle is the importance of freedom, the importance of mobilization, the importance of justice, equality, and so on.
proud reason
have every reason to be proud of what you have achieved.
integrity known men women
men and women known for their honesty, integrity and competence.
acceptable across believe certainly form group iraqis people possible respected shall though
Though it will certainly not be easy, we do believe that it shall be possible to identify, by the end of May, a group of people respected and acceptable to Iraqis across the country, to form this caretaker government.
community donor growing limit pressures
There are growing pressures on us -- in part from the donor community -- to say there is a limit to what you can stand.
heads together
we will have to put our heads together to see what to do.
situations
There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
asked looking question
There is no question of that. No one has asked and we are not looking for a job.
people responsibility shown taken
You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.