Jack Straw Quotes
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We need all to remember that the coalition ... decided to take military action to remove the Saddam regime because of our very clear assessment that Saddam Hussein and his regime were in clear material breach of U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 and many preceding that, and that therefore we did have to face the serious consequences which that resolution made clear would follow,
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Official brutality, which characterizes boot camps in America, is inhuman and does not work.
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Whether he takes notice or not, I'm not sure, but what I am certain about is that if he does not call off his thugs, allow free and fair elections, allow the international media in, then these sanctions will kick in.
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Agreement has now been reached that negotiations on Turkey's accession to the European Union can and will begin in the very near future.
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The situation is grave, ... We have all worked hard to support the legitimate prime minister.
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Mr. Wiesenthal has been untiring in his service to the Jewish communities in the U.K. and elsewhere by helping to right at least some of the awful wrongs of the Holocaust, ... If there is one name which symbolizes this vital coming to terms with the past, it is Simon Wiesenthal's.
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I have today decided that I will not order the extradition of Senator Pinochet to Spain. I have also decided not to ... proceed in respect of the extradition requests from Switzerland, Belgium and France.
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This is yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life.
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What is important is that the region, the people of Serbia, now draw a line across Milosevic's past and his life, which was a malign influence on the people of Serbia and the whole region.
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We also believe that elements of the Iranian regime may have been involved more directly in planning.
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The news that a third British citizen has died from his wounds from the attack in Iraq is terrible -- terrible for his family and for his community -- and it is something which all of us condemn unreservedly.
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it does not obviate the responsibility for dealing with terrorism in their country.
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Each is overwhelmingly Muslim and each, in their separate ways, is crucial to whether the world can be bound together, or fractured along deep political and theological divides.
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What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met.
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This is an event of such horrifying, unimaginable proportions that I believe it is one where shock grows with time rather than diminishes.
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We'll recognize and respect whoever emerges as a leader through this system. Our concern, however, is that they (the Iraqis) have to make swift progress to secure a leader.
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As Prime Minister, (Rabin) made difficult and courageous decisions in his search for peace and was undaunted by the many obstacles he faced.
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Saddam Hussein is not entitled to any presumption of innocence.
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The demands they have made could not be met without great damage to jobs and industry, to essential services ... to pensioners and children.
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No negotiation is ever possible if you have to negotiate not only with the people in the room but also with some other committee in permanent session.
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There has to be a consensus and this is a report, a set of circumstances, that the international community simply cannot ignore.
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We have just made history, ... We've had the first ministerial meeting on the opening of accession negotiations.
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We continue to argue with our European colleagues about the importance of fairness when it comes to compensation and transitional regimes for sugar and for bananas and for other commodities . . . .
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This is... the funeral of the Cold War. It marks a profound, historical change.