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Jan Eliasson

"This draft resolution represents a unique opportunity for a fresh start for human rights." — Jan Eliasson
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"This resolution is truly historic." — Jan Eliasson
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"What we have been trying very energetically during these two days to convey to the Iraqi side is that for them to have a better hearing...for their grievances, they would be very wise in...coming back to the situation before October 29." — Jan Eliasson
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"This water I can drink right now is a luxury for 1.2 billion people in the world. Three-hundred million people south of Sahara don't have this," — Jan Eliasson
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"The General Assembly, by a two-thirds majority of members present and voting, could suspend the rights of membership of a council member who commits gross and systematic violations of human rights." — Jan Eliasson
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"Let us not be diverted." — Jan Eliasson
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"Who is right? The answer, I believe, is up to us, ... The document should, as one speaker put it, be a beachhead of common ground from which we launch ourselves forward with urgency and common purpose." — Jan Eliasson
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"I have a masochistic pleasure to put in 14-hour days." — Jan Eliasson
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"International issues are national, and so many local issues - migration, communicable diseases, organized crime - end up touching everyone. At the same time there is such suspicion. It is quite a paradox." — Jan Eliasson
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"I have decided to be in a listening mode on this issue (Security Council reform). It is an important part of the reform agenda, but it requires careful nurture." — Jan Eliasson
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"Still I would claim that this very ambitious reform proposal represents a major step for reform of the United Nations." — Jan Eliasson
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"I hope the Iraqis understand that their isolation could be much worse than it is today." — Jan Eliasson
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"We have problems ahead of us. I will not hide the fact that the management issues are very difficult and we face a polarization of the membership." — Jan Eliasson
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"While we will build on the positive achievements and best practices of the Commission, some of the elements we are considering will make the Human Rights Council a truly new and different body û a fresh start." — Jan Eliasson
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"The latest I hear is that the Thai authorities think it is a matter of mistaken identity." — Jan Eliasson
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"We are facing an escalation that could end in armed conflict, with terrible suffering as a result. That's why the world should be very careful at the moment." — Jan Eliasson
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"A reopening of negotiations will mean new amendments and we would continue going in circles, getting nowhere." — Jan Eliasson
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"Multilateral discussions lead to compromises, ... We can only go as far as member states want to go." — Jan Eliasson
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"I have seen the women in Somalia receive those water bottles where the alternative for them is to walk for two miles to get polluted water and even run the risk of being raped. These are the realities that we have to bring into the halls of the United Nations. So we may ask for a higher degree of ambition in the document. The realities are there, and I think we will have to deal with those realities." — Jan Eliasson
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"This is a major step toward preventing genocide in the future." — Jan Eliasson
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"We will not achieve our collective goals for development, peace and security and human rights if we do not take concrete action to enhance women's participation in decision-making in governments, parliaments, international organizations, academic life and the private sector." — Jan Eliasson
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