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.

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.

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

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.

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.

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.

What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.