We are asking for calm, and the opportunity to build a bridge, ... But it's very difficult to build a bridge if only one side is building it.
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Some Palestinians are wondering why it shouldn't be three months, or maybe one month or one week. They are forgetting that Rafah being in Palestinian and Egyptian hands, without an Israeli presence, is something they should be proud of as a major achievement.James Wolfensohn
I do not believe you can have a million starving Palestinians and have peace.
James Wolfensohn
We cannot turn globalization back. Our challenge is to make globalization an instrument of opportunity and inclusion -- not fear and insecurity. With all the forces making the world smaller, it is time to change our way of thinking, time to realize we live together in one world, not two -- this poverty is in our community wherever we live. It is our responsibility.
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Anwar is not only a friend and valued colleague, he was a distinguished chairman of our Development Committee, and a man who believed in speaking his mind,
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Time is short, and optimism is a fragile commodity, ... miss this opportunity for change, we will regret it for the next decade.
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