I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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