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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.