Jack Straw Quotes
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Nothing would please me more than if they were released in the next few days, but I don't want to raise the hopes of people detained.
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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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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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We made some progress in respect of draft texts but obviously not sufficient progress.
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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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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 is not on the agenda, I happen to think that it is inconceivable.
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So far there is no evidence of any transfer of the virus to human beings.
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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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It is our decision as to whether or not we move a second resolution.
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The proposals from the presidency are not acceptable to us.
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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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Delay would give Saddam the clearest possible signal that his strategy is succeeding, ... It would tell him that the international community lacks the will to disarm him.
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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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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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We must have a bargain which enables both sides to come out of it with their head held high.
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I think that his history of mendacity is so intense and so long-lasting that he wouldn't understand the truth if he fell over it.
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No one is talking about invading Iran or taking military action against Iran.
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If our rebate is an anomaly than it is based on another anomaly.
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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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to discuss wording and take on board constructive suggestions as to how the process set out in the draft resolution could be improved, and that is exactly what we are doing.
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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.