Jack Straw Quotes
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The overall result is less than we hoped but more than we expected.
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to help the Iraqi government built a secure, democratic and stable nation.
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The British government's position is that prisoners -- regardless of their technical status -- should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law, ... We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view.
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There is no question of us going to war in Iran. Why? Because it's not going to resolve the issue.
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There has to come a moment when our patience must run out, and we are now near that point with Iraq.
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In the event of failure to uphold international standards, the draft conclusions make it clear that measures such as asset freezes or visa bans could be taken against those responsible.
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I believe that restraint in developing possible nuclear weapon delivery systems is in the long-term interest of India and the region.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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If Saddam Hussein doesn't accept the peaceful path to the disarmament of his weapons of mass destruction set out by the U.N. resolution, then there will have to be military action taken in order to enforce the will of the U.N.,
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The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.
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(Gates) is one of the most important business leaders of his age.
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It is a frustrating situation that I hope and pray that we may be able to reach agreement.
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We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so.
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The English as a race are not worth saving!
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I look forward to the full cooperation of Syria in form as well as substance, ... but I have to say after what I've heard I'm not holding my breath.
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targeting was very careful and that action was proportionate.
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I know too that the only reason we have got any cooperation at all out of Iraq is because of the credible threat of force.
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I am deeply shocked by the news of this bomb, and I extend my sympathies to all who have been injured. Details of exactly what has happened and the nature of the injuries are not clear.
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The Russian Federation have the same aim as the rest of the international community, ... Foreign Minister Lavrov is on record as saying that the Russian Federation does not wish the government of Iran to develop or acquire a nuclear weapons capability. That is the same approach as we have. What we're now working out is the appropriate tactics to achieve that.
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I profoundly regret the circumstances in which we had to hold this meeting, ... I would personally like take this opportunity to offer my own condolences to Mr. Menezes' family and friends, and condolences to the Brazilian government and people.
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The government's dossier catalogued a range of other procurement activities, and referred to intelligence that scientists had been recalled to the program in 1998.
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The three foreign ministers and Javier Solana just had an hour and 20 minute meeting with the new foreign minister of Iran, ... Everybody knows the efforts that the EU-3 has put in (to defuse the crisis) ... We look forward to the meeting later on.
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There were five children in my family, and arguing was how we used to entertain ourselves.
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Accountability is going to be very important for the international community,