I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.

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.

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

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.

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.

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