Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open.

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

It is not pure mathematics, but also a bit of politics.

We must make working life more human.

We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.