Jack Straw Quotes
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It will take some time before a fully-fledged government, equivalent to that of a normal nation state, can be established ... The signs are, however, more hopeful than they were.
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The fact that the Government is supporting pilgrims on the Hajj highlights the extent to which we in Britain live in a truly multi-cultural multi-religious society. No other Western country provides this kind of delegation.
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What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving.
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The people who will finally decide will not be the British Government or the Spanish Government, but the people of Gibraltar in a referendum, ... That was a solemn undertaking given in 1969 to the people of Gibraltar. We absolutely stand by it.
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And I think we need therefore to judge the contents of what is in any event an interim report, against the reasons why we took military action back in March.
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The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent.
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I cannot say whether in the middle of December we will or will not reach a deal, but it certainly will not be for want of trying.
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The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness.
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What we can be sure of, however, is that if the elections are not free and fair then Zimbabwe will be in the clearest and most flagrant breach of declarations to which they have signed up.
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a disgusting assault on the very principle of European democracy.
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Because we want international consensus...we will be allowing a good period of up to two weeks, maybe a little more, before we ask for a decision.
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There will have to be some way to ensure accountability for what has already been found here.
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Iran has the opportunity now to address the clear concerns of the IAEA, and the lack of confidence in Iran's nuclear intentions.
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The truth is, as (U.S. Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice has made clear, military action in respect of the Iranian dossier is not on anybody's agenda. I believe it is inconceivable.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.
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That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil.
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Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.
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We had a very thorough exchange of the different positions of the EU-3 and the new government of Iran.
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In uncertain times you should not just give a knee-jerk response.
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We can't be sure there will be free and fair elections.
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one of the appropriate moments to make this clear.
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the possibility of war is real and very disturbing.
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I say this on behalf of the EU3 (Britain, France and Germany): We do not wish to see Iran referred to the Security Council.
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those misgivings were surely put to rest by the lengthy statement we have just heard.