One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.
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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.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.
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The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
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We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy.
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I am very familiar with the financial situation of the United Nations. The lack of funds for this organization has always been with us.
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