Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Respect, Understand, Try

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Give, Another, Again

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Money, Food, Working

I think a failed state is the responsibility of the people who have made that state fail, and those are generally the people of that country.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Country, Made, State

In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Moving, Different, Ideas

Afghanistan is a land-locked country.
Lakhdar Brahimi

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Stupid, Said, Fact

But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Play, After, Impossible

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Help, Country, Between

But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them.
Lakhdar Brahimi

End, Fight, Woman

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Work, Time, Together

If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Down, Understand, Put

Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Good, Bad, Help

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Help, Together, Themselves

Of course the UN brings in a lot of moral authority.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Moral, Authority, Brings

People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Understand, Against, Injustice

Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Help, Inside, Outside

So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Great, Important, Show

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Great, Freedom, President

The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Country, Made, Small

The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Respect, United, Nations

The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Time, Real, Country

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Two, Again, Principle

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.
Lakhdar Brahimi

Ideas, Process, Commitment

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Biography

Nationality: Algerian

Type: Public Servant

Born: January 1, 1934

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