"It is physically impossible under any scenario to complete every detail of a treaty in Copenhagen."

Yvo de Boer, top UN climate official, on the possibility of concluding a comprehensive treaty to stop climate change in Denmark next month

"In addition to the recovering exports, China's imports are also on the rise, contributing significantly to the recovery of the world economy."

Chen Deming, Chinese Minister of Commerce

"China's economy is for real. It's time for the rest of the world to stop waiting for it to halt or collapse and start preparing for it to grow more rapidly and more robustly than any country has in quite some time."

Zachary Karabell, President of River Twice Research, in his commentary "China's Growth Is Real," published on Forbes magazine's website on October 26

"The new president must move swiftly to form a government that is able to command the support of both the Afghan people and the international community."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, after Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election on November 2

"Force should never be used unless every other option has been exhausted, and only then within the bounds of international law."

Mohamed ElBaradei, outgoing Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warning other countries not to "jump the gun" or be swayed by politics in dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue, in a speech at the UN General Assembly on November 2

"The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedaling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."

Nabil Abu Rdainah, spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks during her recent Middle East visit, despite Palestinian insistence that Israel freeze its West Bank settlement expansion first