Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimi
Lakhdar Brahimiis an Algerian United Nations diplomat who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until 14 May 2014. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria from 1991 to 1993...
NationalityAlgerian
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth1 January 1934
CountryAlgeria
afghans avail opportunity qualified recognize seems themselves uniquely
It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
integrity known men women
men and women known for their honesty, integrity and competence.
asked looking question
There is no question of that. No one has asked and we are not looking for a job.
community donor growing limit pressures
There are growing pressures on us -- in part from the donor community -- to say there is a limit to what you can stand.
commitment ideas rehabilitation
There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting the process of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
weapons fuel neighbor
A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are working, are cooperating, either being themselves the origin or the transit.
terrorist afghanistan playgrounds
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
people needs helping
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
talking years great-day
Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
meaningful country community
But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
giving community troops
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars.
moral authority unesco
Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.
stupid west facts
At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
strong people empathy
There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people.