34 Quotes by Jan Pronk

Of course that is a feeling, which is being manipulated by leaders, at the same time it?s also a feeling which is true for many people in the streets of Khartoum, and in that very difficult situation we at the moment are working.

I would say give them some time to get their act together.

There is fear in Khartoum that the U.N. transition will be a conspiracy to bring Sudan in the same situation in Iraq.

I think it is to a certain extent youngness of the administration and overemphasis on domestic policies rather than on international policy-making,

I think it is still possible to have a peace agreement, ... It is not a minute possibility. It is a very concrete possibility. Again, the talks in Abuja are not bad at the moment. It is going to the right direction. They are not divided in Abuja. The situation is much better than people are saying. It is not lost.

It is possible to reach a result. My hopes are growing day by day.

Peace is being jeopardized in the short run.

We need peace between the government and the SLA and we need tribal reconciliation. There is no need to wait for a result in Abuja. You can start here. At some point you have to stop the killing and reconcile among the tribes.

We are not overstretching our mandate, and I have always been completely impartial.