In an open letter which he addressed last September to the United Nations delegations.
He then served at the Norwegian United Nations delegation in New York City from 2000 to 2004.
This evening, a United Nations delegation arrived here to try to create an interim government in the country.
Those officials also predicted that one or more of the 10 remaining Western hostages would be released soon after the United Nations delegation left Iran.
"People doubted me," he said today before taking a United Nations delegation on a helicopter tour of Nyiragongo.
But when a government supporter made a similar contention to the United Nations delegation that visited Darfur recently, his words almost started a brawl.
After a visit there, a United Nations delegation described the town as "an open jail," although a weeklong cease-fire was still holding.
In Dili today, the United Nations delegation saw enough to convince them that they were witnessing a major humanitarian disaster.
The United Nations delegation estimated during its visit here that it would cost $40 million to bring all the exiles home.
April 2 - A United Nations delegation arrives in Aden due to approaching independence.