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33 quotes by Lakhdar Brahimi

Lakhdar Brahimi (Algerian pronunciation: [læxdˤɑr bræhiːmi]; Arabic: الأخضر الإبراهيمى ; born 1 January 1934) is an Algerian United Nations diplomat, who served as the United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria until May 14, 2014. He is also a member of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for global peace. Brahimi is a member of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, the first global initiative to focus specifically...
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Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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.

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

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In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would... →

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

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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... →

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

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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... →

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So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is... →

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