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
father mother passed sorry uneducated
Not much, I'm sorry to say, because my father passed away when I was very young. I was eleven, and my mother was a simple, uneducated peasant.
agreement dictator happens
Bremer is the dictator of Iraq. He had the money. He has the signature. Nothing happens without his agreement in this country.
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.
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.
adds fear follows insecurity similar
This incident, which follows similar incidents, adds to a sense of insecurity and fear in the country,
areas help somewhere work
or let us go and work somewhere else. There are other areas where help is needed.
absence credible government iraqi lead problem sooner sovereign
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,
integrity known men women
men and women known for their honesty, integrity and competence.
asked looking question
There is no question of that. No one has asked and we are not looking for a job.
continue games happened knew realized simply states united
But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
heads together
we will have to put our heads together to see what to do.
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.
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.
country good horrible iraq state
Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded.