Quotes by Harri Holkeri

About Harri Holkeri:

Harri Hermanni Holkeri was a Finnish statesman representing the National Coalition Party of Finland (Kokoomus / Samlingspartiet). He was the Prime Minister of Finland 1987–1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000–2001 and headed the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo from 2003- 2004 (leaving the position in the spring of the second year because of health issues).
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Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.

Harri Holkeri

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

Harri Holkeri

I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.

Harri Holkeri

There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on.

Harri Holkeri

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

Harri Holkeri

That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well.

Harri Holkeri

Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

Harri Holkeri

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

Harri Holkeri

Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.

Harri Holkeri

In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.

Harri Holkeri

Author Bio

  • NameHarri Holkeri
  • DescriptionPrime Minister of Finland and speaker of the UN General Assembly
  • BornJanuary 6, 1937
  • DiedAugust 7, 2011
  • CountryFinland
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire