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.

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.

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

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

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.

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