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Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes
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Lakhdar Brahimi
Algerian
Public Servant
Born:
Jan 1
,
1934
Afghanistan
Community
Country
People
World
You
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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
People
Responsibility
Made
Country
Think
State
Those
Generally
Fail
Failed
Who
You are dealing with people who have taken the responsibility of killing their own because they think that they are right, they think that they are serving the interests of their people. They not going to give that up easily, just because you've shown up.
Lakhdar Brahimi
You
People
Responsibility
Own
Think
Easily
Give
Taken
Because
Dealing
Up
Going
Just
Just Because
Interests
Who
Shown
Right
Serving
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
You
Country
State
Has-Been
Bad
Horrible
Invaded
Failing
Been
Iraq
Dictator
Want
Help
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
Terrorism
You
People
Sit
Down
About
Put
Talking
Around
Understand
Making
Up
Blow
Dynamite
Themselves
Need
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
You
Man
Woman
Fight
Other
About
Guy
Except
Understand
Got
End
Decide
Process
Them
Ground
Even
People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
Lakhdar Brahimi
People
Money
Circulation
Only
Globalization
Realize
Now
Several million people inside and outside Afghanistan are destitute and desperately in need of help.
Lakhdar Brahimi
People
Desperately
Several
Destitute
Inside
Outside
Afghanistan
Help
Million
Million People
Need
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
People
World
Events
Made
Country
September
Consequences
Chaos
Distant
Anarchy
Small
Since
Like
Without
Understand
Left
Up
Afghanistan
Break
Happened
Break Up
Cannot
Far
Far Away
Whole
Even
Away
There is a story which is not being told strongly enough of the Afghan employees of the UN inside the country who are saving hundreds of thousands of lives everyday by their bravery and nobody talks of them.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Country
Employees
Enough
Saving
Everyday
Hundreds
Hundreds Of Thousands
UN
Thousands
Inside
Strongly
Nobody
Talks
Afghan
Bravery
Being
Story
Which
Them
Who
Lives
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
Together
Opportunity
UN
Recognize
Seems
Qualified
Also
Afghans
Want
Avail
Them
Themselves
Help
Uniquely
Bring
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
Commitment
Country
Community
Resources
UN
Has-Been
Reconstruction
Some
About
Point
Never
Talking
Real
Been
Provide
Any
Afghanistan
International
Helping
International Community
Third
Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.
Lakhdar Brahimi
Injustice
People
Rise
Understand
Very
Against
Much
Who
What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.
Lakhdar Brahimi
You
People
Matter
Will
Enough
Tell
Something
Fact
Never
Missed
Know
Always
How
How Much
Discover
After
Again
Much
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
You
Respect
United Nations
Intimidating
Come
Also
Because
Go
Source
Mandate
Nations
Gain
United
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
Great Deal
Responsibility
Important
Community
Local
Everywhere
States
Definitely
Countries
Also
Because
Deal
Very
Then
Show
Union
European
International
European Union
International Community
United
United States
Players
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