"Munir Akram", HQA was the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations from 2002 to 2008. Following a regime change in 2008, Ambassador Akram stepped down to pursue a career in the private sector. He was replaced by Hussain Haroon, a politician and a non-career diplomat.

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We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead, ... strong positions, and many of us do have very strongly held positions. That's the nature of the game. My only regret is we didn't get into the negotiations early enough.

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The whole thing is going to die by suffocation.

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There's a lot of talk but when it comes down to money our rich friends haven't done very much.

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It's tough going, sometimes rough going.

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They have been there for 25 or 30 years, every document on development. I don't think the world can change directions on a pinhead.

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We have said right from the start, without negotiations, the document is not going anywhere. So we're happy finally that there's a recognition there has to be face-to-face negotiations. These will be difficult, these are a bit late. But it's not an impossible task.

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What happens in the development section ... will influence positions on other parts of the document.

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

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

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