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.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.

We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

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.