Jan Eliasson
Jan Eliasson
Jan Kenneth Eliassonis a Swedish diplomat who has been Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations since 1 July 2012. A member of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Eliasson served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 24 April to 6 October 2006...
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I have seen the women in Somalia receive those water bottles where the alternative for them is to walk for two miles to get polluted water and even run the risk of being raped. These are the realities that we have to bring into the halls of the United Nations. So we may ask for a higher degree of ambition in the document. The realities are there, and I think we will have to deal with those realities.
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This draft resolution represents a unique opportunity for a fresh start for human rights.
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I have decided to be in a listening mode on this issue (Security Council reform). It is an important part of the reform agenda, but it requires careful nurture.
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The General Assembly, by a two-thirds majority of members present and voting, could suspend the rights of membership of a council member who commits gross and systematic violations of human rights.
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Still I would claim that this very ambitious reform proposal represents a major step for reform of the United Nations.
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This is a major step toward preventing genocide in the future.
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it is crucial that Palestinians and Israelis cooperate to the fullest extent possible.
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not only to recall the grievous crimes committed in human history but also to reaffirm our unfaltering resolve to prevent the recurrence of such crimes.
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I have a masochistic pleasure to put in 14-hour days.
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Multilateral discussions lead to compromises, ... We can only go as far as member states want to go.
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The best birthday gift to our Organization is for all of us, the members of the global community, to translate our leaders' commitments at the 2005 World Summit into concrete action to the benefit of the peoples of the world,
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A reopening of negotiations will mean new amendments and we would continue going in circles, getting nowhere.
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I so much enjoyed doing the think-tank circuit once or twice a week. . . . I like the element of communicating and thinking aloud with like-minded and less-like-minded individuals,
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International issues are national, and so many local issues - migration, communicable diseases, organized crime - end up touching everyone. At the same time there is such suspicion. It is quite a paradox.