Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer, ACis a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history. He was also the Leader of the Opposition for eight months from 1994 to 1995. Until early February 2014, Downer was the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 September 1951
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additional chief days deeply disturbing saying submission weapons
It's a deeply disturbing additional submission which confirms what (U.N. chief weapons inspector) Hans Blix was saying 10 days ago,
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These are principles on which our country has been built, as well as the United States, and in fact they are amongst the most important values that bind our two countries together,
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They have indicated they are prepared to resume talks and before too long, within a reasonable time frame,
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They have had a good hearing of their representation on obviously resuming the six-party talks and making sure some sort of process is put in place for nuclear disarmament in North Korea,
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There will be a need for continued commitment and strong leadership by all parties, especially in the early implementation of plans for the disposal of weapons,
book concerned fiery heard paragraph
I don't think there's any need to be concerned about it, ... I think this is just another paragraph in a very long book of fiery rhetoric, that we've heard for many years.
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The kangaroos appear to hop up and down when the page is moved backwards and forwards, and my department thinks that that is a very nice touch,
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You could hide things under a raincoat I suppose. I don't think we're going to ban raincoats.