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Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council.
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IGOR IVANOV Definitely, this is a step in the wrong direction. It runs counter to the [International Atomic Ener...
ANDREI KRIVTSOV There is no question that Iraq is endeavoring to circumvent Security Council resolutions ... it's tr...
ALEXANDER DOWNER The president reiterated France's position to him (Bush) -- that disarming Iraq is necessary and mus...
CATHERINE COLONNA A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain m...
CAROLINE CROSS A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain m...
CAROLINE CROSS All of these resolutions were adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter which allows the use of ...
LORD GOLDSMITH If the United States unilaterally begins military action in relation to Iraq, it would violate the U...
IGOR IVANOV The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.
HANS BLIX![]()
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biologic...
BARTON GELLMAN The most important thing we can do is to continue to insist on full Iraqi compliance with the U.N. r...
JOSEP PIQUE![]()
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the a...
NOAM CHOMSKY If military action [in Iraq] is launched without a new [U.N.] resolution, Canada will not participat...
JEAN CHRETIEN![]()
Both conversations covered the range of issues following from Saddam Hussein's continued violation o...
TONY BLAIR![]()
The sitting prime minister, Jose Aznar, who had strongly backed the U.S.-led Iraq War, was unseated ...
PETER BERGEN![]()
The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 19...
BARTON GELLMAN If the Security Council fails to act decisively in the event of further Iraqi violations this resolu...
JOHN NEGROPONTE China has regulations that prohibit any company to go against the U.N. resolutions. So indeed, we in...
TANG JIAXUAN The (U.N.) Security Council has warned for a long time that sanctions are needed.
GENERAL HENRI BENTEGEAT![]()
U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads in Iraq. So, the question everyone is asking n...
JAY LENO Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV We assess that Iraq continues to hide critical (weapons of mass destruction) production equipment an...
GEORGE TENET If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. ...
AL-WALEED BIN TALAL![]()
The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto.
HASSAN NASRALLAH My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite w...
LUKE HARDING![]()
I personally believe, as I think a lot of security Council members believe with 100% certainty, that...
KOFI ANNAN We wanted to speak to him with regard to implementation of the resolutions and the best way for impl...
MOHAMMED AMIN Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next ...
RICHARD BOUCHER![]()
It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam ...
CONDOLEEZZA RICE there were no technical or judicial reasons for handing Iran's nuclear dossier to the U.N. Security ...
GHOLAMREZA AGHAZADEH Sanctions on Iraq are not going to be lifted while Iraq continues to violate Security Council,
BILL RICHARDSON![]()
We... call for the rigorous implementation of the U.N. Security Council sanctions to oblige UNITA fu...
NELSON MANDELA![]()
When a rocket is launched, as it picks up speed and moves down range it goes through a period of aer...
JOHN BOLTON![]()
I have talked to the Iraqi foreign minister and told him that the situation is dangerous, and it is ...
HOSNI MUBARAK This targeting of AU personnel contravenes the status of the African mission as an independent third...
JAN PRONK We should not create a precedent when NATO acts outside the territories of its member-states without...
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV He (Annan) expects that what emerges from these talks, he will be able to sell to the (U.N.) Securit...
FRED ECKHARD There is normative pressure building up regionally in support of peacekeeping under U.N. auspices.
CARL THAYER![]()
In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ul...
JOHN BOLTON Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a who...
JAY ROCKEFELLER We are here to protest Britain's role in sending us to the U.N. Security Council. We must defend our...
MOHAMMAD ALI The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Righ...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER despite the intention of the terrorists will be at the U.N. General Assembly to represent Iraq and d...
AHMAD CHALABI![]()
I had hoped that some of those with the capacity would go to the assistance of those who are in ther...
KOFI ANNAN If the conclusions of the arms inspectors are positive and prove that there really is a danger with ...
LOUIS MICHEL We are all satisfied at the progress that has been made, and our report will be before the (U.N.) Se...
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA![]()
India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happ...
PRATIBHA PATIL Clearly it's escalation, and also an attempt by Iran to flex its muscles as it goes into a new phase...
YOSSI ALPHER The United States, like other U.N. members and especially as a Security Council member, will keep it...
ALEXANDER VERSHBOW![]()
Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions,...
SAMANTHA POWER![]()
Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq'...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT![]()
John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John K...
STEVE SCHMIDT A FAILED RESOLUTION IS NOT THE FAULT OF RESOLUTIONS.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE It was definitely a question of security as the U.N. will always take very seriously the security of...
GEORGE SOMERWILL What I said was in fact, we are ready as the new Iraqi interim government to resume our responsibili...
HOSHIYAR ZEBARI I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect...
AHMED CHALABI![]()
While Iran is cooperating with the IAEA, while it is not enriching uranium and observing a moratoriu...
SERGEI LAVROV![]()
The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the ...
JACQUES CHIRAC![]()
We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving along...
ALEX MORRISON Iraq is now undergoing a security crisis.
AMR MOUSSA The U.N. Security Council should be prepared to take firm action to bring about Iraqi compliance in ...
JAMES RUBIN I have put forth here with respect to the illegality of this tribunal which was set up by a resoluti...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC I am hopeful, confident and optimistic that with goodwill on all sides we will be able to implement ...
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA![]()
Of course, they will use watever they have in their hand, which is the U.N. Security Council, and ou...
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD![]()
While Iran is cooperating with the IAEA, while it is not enriching uranium and observing a moratoriu...
SERGEI LAVROV We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, con...
PETER KING position on one-sided resolutions in the Security Council and General Assembly has been very clear. ...
JAMES CUNNINGHAM![]()
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council dec...
SERGEI LAVROV When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a ...
TZIPI LIVNI By all accounts, Tehran's decision will seriously radicalize the upcoming debates over the IAEA repo...
KONSTANTIN KOSACHYOV![]()
The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that&#...
NOAM CHOMSKY![]()
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be en...
COLIN POWELL Delving into Iran's export mix to see what possible disruptions may surface should the U.N. Security...
DAVID MOZINA Flagrant violation of international law
JEAN ZIEGLER It's widely accepted the U.N. has to undergo a certain amount of reform. I think the future of the U...
DAVID WOOLNER The Saddam regime was sustained by illegal smuggling that amounted to some $11 billion. The U.N. Sec...
CARNE ROSS It is certain that Iraq's occupiers, who have imposed their evil presence in Iraq under the pretext ...
AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI This is not so. In any case, the issue is not the executive chairman. It is how to get on with the w...
FRED ECKHARD![]()
It's one of my government's ambitions to secure a seat for Ireland on the U.N. Security Coun...
LEO VARADKAR![]()
The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving.
JOHN BOLTON If the Iraqis want the sanctions lifted sooner rather than later, then what they have to do is to co...
CHRISTOPHER MEYER Fear kills resolutions; resolutions kill fear. Don’t let fear kill your resolution.
SCOTTIE SOMERS He will be one of the key players because the United States is the largest contributor and a great p...
GUNTER PLEUGER According to UN Security Council Resolution 1546, Iraq is a sovereign state. There are multinational...
AHMED CHALABI This tribunal was voted on by Russia and by all the members of the (U.N.) Security Council. It's a U...
JAMES RUBIN security and stability in Iraq are linked to the security and stability of Jordan.
ADNAN BADRAN Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this re...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I mean, if you think of Iraq, and the (Indian) company NEC, we know they were providing missile tech...
DAVID ALBRIGHT![]()
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions.
MARCEL PROUST![]()
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions
MARCEL PROUST That advertisement is as flagrant violation of this agreement as it is possible to imagine.
GEOFFREY VOS![]()
The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable ...
DAVID PETRAEUS So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeepi...
EDWARD LUCK It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a diffe...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE Despite the tense security situation in Iraq, it is paramount that all those willing to help establi...
KOICHIRO MATSUURA Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately.
CHARLES M. SHELDON obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.
KING ABDULLAH From what we heard so far about this proposal, it would not appear to meet the (U.N.) Security Counc...
EWEN BUCHANAN
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. KOFI ANNAN We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the U...
IGOR IVANOV Definitely, this is a step in the wrong direction. It runs counter to the [International Atomic Ener...
ANDREI KRIVTSOV There is no question that Iraq is endeavoring to circumvent Security Council resolutions ... it's tr...
ALEXANDER DOWNER The president reiterated France's position to him (Bush) -- that disarming Iraq is necessary and mus...
CATHERINE COLONNA A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain m...
CAROLINE CROSS A technical team from UNSCOM (the U.N. Special Commission disarming Iraq) has gone out to maintain m...
CAROLINE CROSS All of these resolutions were adopted under Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter which allows the use of ...
LORD GOLDSMITH If the United States unilaterally begins military action in relation to Iraq, it would violate the U...
IGOR IVANOV The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.
HANS BLIX
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biologic... BARTON GELLMAN The most important thing we can do is to continue to insist on full Iraqi compliance with the U.N. r...
JOSEP PIQUE
Spaniards were condemned for appeasing terrorism by voting for withdrawing troops from Iraq in the a... NOAM CHOMSKY If military action [in Iraq] is launched without a new [U.N.] resolution, Canada will not participat...
JEAN CHRETIEN
Both conversations covered the range of issues following from Saddam Hussein's continued violation o... TONY BLAIR
The sitting prime minister, Jose Aznar, who had strongly backed the U.S.-led Iraq War, was unseated ... PETER BERGEN
The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 19... BARTON GELLMAN If the Security Council fails to act decisively in the event of further Iraqi violations this resolu...
JOHN NEGROPONTE China has regulations that prohibit any company to go against the U.N. resolutions. So indeed, we in...
TANG JIAXUAN The (U.N.) Security Council has warned for a long time that sanctions are needed.
GENERAL HENRI BENTEGEAT
U.N. weapons inspectors found empty chemical warheads in Iraq. So, the question everyone is asking n... JAY LENO Now a very important moment has come for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to go there (Iraq),
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV We assess that Iraq continues to hide critical (weapons of mass destruction) production equipment an...
GEORGE TENET If the United States has to accept the U.N. resolutions, we have to generalize it across the board. ...
AL-WALEED BIN TALAL
The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto. HASSAN NASRALLAH My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite w...
LUKE HARDING
I personally believe, as I think a lot of security Council members believe with 100% certainty, that... KOFI ANNAN We wanted to speak to him with regard to implementation of the resolutions and the best way for impl...
MOHAMMED AMIN Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next ...
RICHARD BOUCHER
It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam ... CONDOLEEZZA RICE there were no technical or judicial reasons for handing Iran's nuclear dossier to the U.N. Security ...
GHOLAMREZA AGHAZADEH Sanctions on Iraq are not going to be lifted while Iraq continues to violate Security Council,
BILL RICHARDSON
We... call for the rigorous implementation of the U.N. Security Council sanctions to oblige UNITA fu... NELSON MANDELA
When a rocket is launched, as it picks up speed and moves down range it goes through a period of aer... JOHN BOLTON
I have talked to the Iraqi foreign minister and told him that the situation is dangerous, and it is ... HOSNI MUBARAK This targeting of AU personnel contravenes the status of the African mission as an independent third...
JAN PRONK We should not create a precedent when NATO acts outside the territories of its member-states without...
YEVGENY PRIMAKOV He (Annan) expects that what emerges from these talks, he will be able to sell to the (U.N.) Securit...
FRED ECKHARD There is normative pressure building up regionally in support of peacekeeping under U.N. auspices.
CARL THAYER
In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ul... JOHN BOLTON Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a who...
JAY ROCKEFELLER We are here to protest Britain's role in sending us to the U.N. Security Council. We must defend our...
MOHAMMAD ALI The U.N. is worse than disaster. The U.N. creates conflicts. Look at the disgraceful U.N. Human Righ...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER despite the intention of the terrorists will be at the U.N. General Assembly to represent Iraq and d...
AHMAD CHALABI
I had hoped that some of those with the capacity would go to the assistance of those who are in ther... KOFI ANNAN If the conclusions of the arms inspectors are positive and prove that there really is a danger with ...
LOUIS MICHEL We are all satisfied at the progress that has been made, and our report will be before the (U.N.) Se...
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA
India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happ... PRATIBHA PATIL Clearly it's escalation, and also an attempt by Iran to flex its muscles as it goes into a new phase...
YOSSI ALPHER The United States, like other U.N. members and especially as a Security Council member, will keep it...
ALEXANDER VERSHBOW
Because it started as an offshoot of al Qaeda in Iraq, ISIL has long been subject to U.N. sanctions,... SAMANTHA POWER
Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq'... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
John Kerry is right to say that this moment is a moment of truth, but that truth must include John K... STEVE SCHMIDT A FAILED RESOLUTION IS NOT THE FAULT OF RESOLUTIONS.
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE It was definitely a question of security as the U.N. will always take very seriously the security of...
GEORGE SOMERWILL What I said was in fact, we are ready as the new Iraqi interim government to resume our responsibili...
HOSHIYAR ZEBARI I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect...
AHMED CHALABI
While Iran is cooperating with the IAEA, while it is not enriching uranium and observing a moratoriu... SERGEI LAVROV
The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the ... JACQUES CHIRAC
We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving along... ALEX MORRISON Iraq is now undergoing a security crisis.
AMR MOUSSA The U.N. Security Council should be prepared to take firm action to bring about Iraqi compliance in ...
JAMES RUBIN I have put forth here with respect to the illegality of this tribunal which was set up by a resoluti...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC I am hopeful, confident and optimistic that with goodwill on all sides we will be able to implement ...
JAYANTHA DHANAPALA
Of course, they will use watever they have in their hand, which is the U.N. Security Council, and ou... MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
While Iran is cooperating with the IAEA, while it is not enriching uranium and observing a moratoriu... SERGEI LAVROV We went into Iraq because Saddam Hussein refused to account for his weapons of mass destruction, con...
PETER KING position on one-sided resolutions in the Security Council and General Assembly has been very clear. ...
JAMES CUNNINGHAM
Attempts to settle crises by unilateral sanctions outside the framework of U.N. Security Council dec... SERGEI LAVROV When you look at the Lebanon-Syria border, you see a porous border despite the fact that you have a ...
TZIPI LIVNI By all accounts, Tehran's decision will seriously radicalize the upcoming debates over the IAEA repo...
KONSTANTIN KOSACHYOV
The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that&#... NOAM CHOMSKY
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be en... COLIN POWELL Delving into Iran's export mix to see what possible disruptions may surface should the U.N. Security...
DAVID MOZINA Flagrant violation of international law
JEAN ZIEGLER It's widely accepted the U.N. has to undergo a certain amount of reform. I think the future of the U...
DAVID WOOLNER The Saddam regime was sustained by illegal smuggling that amounted to some $11 billion. The U.N. Sec...
CARNE ROSS It is certain that Iraq's occupiers, who have imposed their evil presence in Iraq under the pretext ...
AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI This is not so. In any case, the issue is not the executive chairman. It is how to get on with the w...
FRED ECKHARD
It's one of my government's ambitions to secure a seat for Ireland on the U.N. Security Coun... LEO VARADKAR
The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving. JOHN BOLTON If the Iraqis want the sanctions lifted sooner rather than later, then what they have to do is to co...
CHRISTOPHER MEYER Fear kills resolutions; resolutions kill fear. Don’t let fear kill your resolution.
SCOTTIE SOMERS He will be one of the key players because the United States is the largest contributor and a great p...
GUNTER PLEUGER According to UN Security Council Resolution 1546, Iraq is a sovereign state. There are multinational...
AHMED CHALABI This tribunal was voted on by Russia and by all the members of the (U.N.) Security Council. It's a U...
JAMES RUBIN security and stability in Iraq are linked to the security and stability of Jordan.
ADNAN BADRAN Success in Iraq will be a major setback for terrorists and a major asset for the security of this re...
ZALMAY KHALILZAD I mean, if you think of Iraq, and the (Indian) company NEC, we know they were providing missile tech...
DAVID ALBRIGHT
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions. MARCEL PROUST
It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions MARCEL PROUST That advertisement is as flagrant violation of this agreement as it is possible to imagine.
GEOFFREY VOS
The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable ... DAVID PETRAEUS So I've gone in and out of the U.N., working on counter-terrorism, on U.N. reform, on peacekeepi...
EDWARD LUCK It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a diffe...
WILLIAM RALPH INGE Despite the tense security situation in Iraq, it is paramount that all those willing to help establi...
KOICHIRO MATSUURA Good resolutions are like babies crying in church. They should be carried out immediately.
CHARLES M. SHELDON obstacle to peace and security in Iraq.
KING ABDULLAH From what we heard so far about this proposal, it would not appear to meet the (U.N.) Security Counc...
EWEN BUCHANAN
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