Celso Amorim Men Quotations

My assessment is there is no reason why we shouldn't be able to come to an agreement ... because the differences now seem to be in my reading very small,

We welcome the fact that it was made, we think that it's a positive step, but there's also an agreement that it's an insufficient step,

We don't want to bury the agreement, ... and we don't want to resuscitate it, either.

The fact that we are able to show solidarity among developing countries all across the issues despite difficulties ... was absolutely fundamental to arriving to an agreement on the development package.

This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition.

We feel that these should not be tit-for-tat negotiations, this is something everyone should understand. Brazil and others are prepared to make some movement of our own and do everything that is necessary to move forward. This is an important step in the fight against poverty and I believe it is something that we must commit fully to achieving.

This is a key issue for the G20. There is a general view that without agreement on special products and Special Safeguard Mechanisms, other things can't go forward.

Whatever the council decides on actions it wishes to take, they have to involve some kind of engagement of Iraq. You cannot put in place a system unless you talk to the people who have the system in place.

There was a very good personal chemistry, ... Both men are pragmatists, focused on results.