Jan Pronk
Jan Pronk
Johannes Pieter "Jan" Pronkis a Dutch politician, diplomat, and professor. He has been visiting professor at the United Nations University for Peace in Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica, since 2009...
expand ground troops
They now have 7,000 troops on the ground and wanted to expand it to 12,000. I think we need more than 12,000 troops and that is a way in which the UN could help.
agreement bad concrete divided minute peace people possible situation talks
I think it is still possible to have a peace agreement, ... It is not a minute possibility. It is a very concrete possibility. Again, the talks in Abuja are not bad at the moment. It is going to the right direction. They are not divided in Abuja. The situation is much better than people are saying. It is not lost.
displaced lack million next people return start three villages voluntary weeks
I don't see a voluntary return of more than 1 million displaced people to their villages to start in the next three weeks because of lack of security.
growing hopes possible reach
It is possible to reach a result. My hopes are growing day by day.
parties
The parties sometimes are talking, and a day after, they're shooting.