the epidemic continues to outrun our efforts to contain it. |
The essential part of the discussion, ... try and establish an Iraqi administration that would be responsible for running its own affairs -- and not so much for the U.N. to take over the management of Iraq. |
The evidence of actual corruption among a small number of UN staff is also profoundly disappointing for all of us who work in the organization, |
the eyes of the world are upon you. |
The fact that you have not reached agreement on these and other issues does not render them any less urgent, |
the fall-out from the Oil-for-Food scandal has dogged all our lives for the last year, often gave us the feeling that we were on an inexorable downward slope. |
The findings in today's report must be deeply embarrassing to us all, ... The Inquiry Committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization. None of us - member states, Secretariat, agencies, funds and programs - can be proud of what it has found. |
The genocide of Rwanda will define for our generation the consequences of inaction in the face of mass murder, |
The Global Initiative is important in that it recognizes that change requires collective action. The four priority areas of the CGI reflect also what we are trying to do across town. |
The good news is that we do have an outcome document, ... Obviously we didn't get everything we wanted, and with 191 member states it's not easy to get an agreement. All of us would have wanted more, but we can work with what we have been given, and I think it is an important step forward. |
The good news is that we do have an outcome document. Obviously we didn't get everything we wanted, and with 191 member states it's not easy to get an agreement. All of us would have wanted more, but we can work with what we have been given, and I think it is an important step forward. |
The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal, delaying making difficult decisions and preferring to take difficult matters back into slow-moving subcommittees, |
The government of Syria has informed me that the smuggling of arms and people across the Syrian-Lebanese border does indeed take place, albeit in both directions, |
The hurdle here is more political than financial, |
The idea is that reconciliation is absolutely essential in Iraq. I don't think anyone would argue with that. |