Jack Straw Quotes
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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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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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So far there is no evidence of any transfer of the virus to human beings.
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It is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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We made some progress in respect of draft texts but obviously not sufficient progress.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.
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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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This is about the whole of the international community, there is a board of the International Atomic Energy Agency where it has decided on seven successive occasions unanimously that Iran must bring itself in to full compliance with its own obligations, which have been there for years and years, for complete transparency under the Non Proliferation Treaty.
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I think it is completely unacceptable for someone like Christopher Meyer to break trust in the way that he has done,
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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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I profoundly regret the circumstances in which we had to hold this meeting.
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We do have, I think, a right to say that we've got to be able to deal Mr A, or Mr B, or Mr C. We can't deal with Mr Nobody. And that's the problem, OK?
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It needs to be resolved by all facilities available to the international community, that is what we have been working on and continue to work on.
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In this country we have a very clear tradition by which people are fully entitled to engage in all kinds of peaceful, sometimes very noisy, protest,
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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution.
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We must have a bargain which enables both sides to come out of it with their head held high.
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No one is talking about invading Iran or taking military action against Iran.
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exploited every instrument of the state to distort the electoral process.
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In respect to Iraq, Saddam is defying every one of us, ... He questions our resolve and is gambling we will lose nerve rather than enforce our will.
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If our rebate is an anomaly than it is based on another anomaly.
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I also want to put on record the very high regard which the British government as a whole, and I personally, have for Kofi Annan, in leading and steering the United Nations through a period of great change in international relations.
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But members of the public are bound to be concerned and their concerns can be allayed if they are shown that every effort is being made by the European Union and by member states effectively to coordinate action.
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We should take stock of Iran and discuss how we might best pursue the nuclear file over the coming weeks.
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I hope, but I can't predict, that the negotiations at the beginning of next week will be fruitful.