Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.

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.

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.

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

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.