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.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

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

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

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

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.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.