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 every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

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 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.

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.

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

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.