Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.
In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.
Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.
I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question.
If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.
