I'm not here necessarily to see a cause and effect, ... But if the public ... realizes how the U.N. impacts on their daily lives, what the U.N. and its agencies are doing to make this world a better place, I think they will support us.
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The withdrawal from Gaza should be seen as a first step, because we also have to deal with the issue of the West Bank.
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