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.
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But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.
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I think they want support from the U.N.. They think the U.N. has a role to play in helping them understand these problems and also in working out compromises and concerns amongst themselves.
respect understanding tolerance
Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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.
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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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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.
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.
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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,
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.
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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.
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we will have to put our heads together to see what to do.