36 Quotes by Jan Eliasson

Multilateral discussions lead to compromises, ... We can only go as far as member states want to go.

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.

I have a masochistic pleasure to put in 14-hour days.

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.

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.

it is crucial that Palestinians and Israelis cooperate to the fullest extent possible.

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.

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 a fresh start.

We have worked through the families, the travel agencies. We've sent ... up to a hundred people to go through the hospitals.