Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Quotes

You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.

The UN is ultimately going to be judged on its ability in conflict resolution and conflict prevention.

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.

It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.

Most of the international community, most of the countries around the world, don't want any side, any party to take unilateral steps. They would like that all of us to stick to the road map.

The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of disputes, and helping other countries to achieve a democratic transition.

We have to develop preventive diplomacy.

Foreign policy does not mean guns and rifles, but utilizing all legitimate international means to convince others.

Mr. Roosevelt. You perhaps believe that your intervention can be effective anywhere.

We send our peacekeepers off to some disputed zone, full of local intrigue and power blocs and uncertainty and danger, and they are supposed to save lives not with their weapons, but through their competence and their character. And they do it.

The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

This is what we call smart power. Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security. Leaving no one on the sidelines. Showing respect even for one's enemies. Trying to understand, in so far as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Helping to define the problems, determine the solutions.

Nothing has come from this whole 'peace industry' except for conferences in five-star hotels and a waste of money.

When Barack Obama was running for president, he committed to leading the United Nations and other countries towards a common global goal. Obama believed that he could speak to allies and dictators directly and charm them into seeing the error of their ways.

Diplomacy can and will matter; little is inevitable in international relations.

The aim of political institutions like the United Nations is to draw the line between struggle and conflict and to make it possible for nations to stay on the right side of that line.

Terrorism gravely threatens international peace and security, and as a solution, the power and apparent finality of force are seductive.

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize!

Fortunately, the war has brought with it not alone a stark realization of what another war would mean to the world, but as well the creation of an international agency through which the nations of the world can, if they so desire, make peace a living reality.

An effective U.S. policy toward Sudan - one capable of changing the situation in the south and affecting the lives of its people - will require top-level attention and a great deal of energy. It should have three elements: aid, diplomacy, and financial disclosure.

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

The U.N. is capable of endless process and mindless psychobabble, but as far as getting the job done on the ground, I just don't see them doing it.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.