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.

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

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

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

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.

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

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