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

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian Public Servant

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

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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 foreigners in particular, but also by their own people."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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"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."

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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 have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars."

Community, Genocide, Security, Troops

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

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

People, Afghanistan, Help

"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."

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