Emyr Parry
Emyr Parry
Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstPis a retired British diplomat. He is a former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council...
against balanced bigger colleagues country forward four intention joined measures names package putting recommend taken today united
I joined with the representative of a bigger country, the United States, in putting forward today four names representing a balanced package and it will be our intention to recommend to our colleagues that sanction measures should be taken against the four listed.
amount ask cap given money people run within year
It's a new concept, it is to cap the expenditure within a year for a given an amount and to then say when you've run out of that money or are about to, come ask us for some more but then people can make a judgment.
consent request
at the request of and with the consent of a government.
against built difficulty expect rome
Don't expect Rome to be built in a day, it wasn't, ... Against the difficulty of this negotiation, it's complexity, this is a very substantial gain.
close colleagues response today
The response we got from our colleagues today suggests that we are pretty close to where they wanted us to be.
possible talking text
There's no text but we are talking about possible responses.
assembly general role
The role of the General Assembly in all of this is crucial,
basis best consensus covered interest main nobody percent recognize reflects satisfied
Nobody is going to be 100 percent satisfied with this text, but I think it is a basis for all of us to say our main interest is covered by it and that we recognize it reflects the best consensus we can come to now.
actions minimize possible risk serious situation
It's potentially a very serious situation. Some of the actions have aggravated that situation and we must do everything possible to minimize the risk of a re-emergence of conflict.
acts anyone commit discourage effort incite others people says stop terrorist
It says governments should take every effort to stop people inciting anyone to commit terrorist acts. It's to discourage all those people who incite others to commit terrorist acts . . . in every way possible.
african brought clear quite union
We're quite clear that's what we need to do if the African Union agrees, but the African Union must be brought to agree.
actively driving forward management proposals putting
very actively on the management dossier and putting forward proposals and driving it.
agreed prospect
If there's no prospect for an agreed conclusion, we won't be amending the text.
means potential produce
If you can do one centrifuge, you can do 164. If you can do 164, you probably do many more. That means you have the potential to do full-scale enrichment. If you can do enrichment up to 7 percent, you can do 80 percent. If you can do 80 percent, you can produce a bomb.