Munir Akram Quotations

We have said right from the start, without negotiations, the document is not going anywhere. So we're happy finally that there's a recognition there has to be face-to-face negotiations. These will be difficult, these are a bit late. But it's not an impossible task,

The outcome of the summit was not all we had hoped for. The agenda became loaded as the process went along.

more importantly, it is imperative that the U.N. should be provided with adequate financial resources to respond quickly and effectively to such disasters.

I think there is consternation and perhaps a sense of injury at the tone and substance of the letter.

Will we yield on the MDG? ... No, I don't think so. I think that MDG is now a concept, a slogan if you will, that has captured the imagination of common people around the world.

We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead, ... strong positions, and many of us do have very strongly held positions. That's the nature of the game. My only regret is we didn't get into the negotiations early enough.

We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead,

what happens in the development section ... will influence positions on other parts of the document.

This increasingly became the likely outcome over the past few days, if not weeks, so it's not a surprise. I think the next stage has to be a healing process.

They have been there for 25 or 30 years, every document on development. I don't think the world can change directions on a pinhead.

It is understandable that the patience of some important members of the Security Council is running out. All people of goodwill desire that all the possibilities for a peaceful resolution of this crisis should be exhausted before the council may decide to bring into play the enforcement mechanism. The decision for the use of force cannot be an easy one for anyone. For Pakistan, an Islamic country from the region, such a decision will be a most difficult one. And we would therefore like to see every effort exhausted for a peaceful resolution of this crisis.

I have no idea why my name or, in fact, any Pakistani name should have been pulled up. There are plenty of targets around, even for a fake plot. So, that was a bit surprising, to put it mildly,