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"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."
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"There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on."
"Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States."
"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."
"I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there."
"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."
"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
"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."
"I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems."
"In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided."
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