Quotes by Munir Akram

“This increasingly became the likely outcome over the past few days, if not weeks, so its not a surprise. I think the next stage has to be a healing process.”

“The outcome of the summit was not all we had hoped for. The agenda became loaded as the process went along.”

“We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead,”

“We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead, ... strong positions, and many of us do have very strongly held positions. Thats the nature of the game. My only regret is we didnt get into the negotiations early enough.”

“The whole thing is going to die by suffocation.”

“We have said right from the start, without negotiations, the document is not going anywhere. So were happy finally that theres a recognition there has to be face-to-face negotiations. These will be difficult, these are a bit late. But its not an impossible task,”

“They have been there for 25 or 30 years, every document on development. I dont think the world can change directions on a pinhead.”

“what happens in the development section ... will influence positions on other parts of the document.”

“Its tough going, sometimes rough going,”

“Theres a lot of talk but when it comes down to money our rich friends havent done very much.”