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...
clear highest intensity level
is to show the intensity of the concern, and to make it very clear at the highest level what we expect.
assembly general role
The role of the General Assembly in all of this is crucial,
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.
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.
possible talking text
There's no text but we are talking about possible responses.
continued deal
We don't have a deal but we continued our discussions, we will continue them and we edged forward... but it's edging forward.
confident quite
We are not there yet, but I am quite confident that we will be soon.
community dispute france interest serious situation
We have a very serious situation with Iran. This is not a dispute between the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany) and Iran. It is the interest of the international community as a whole.
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.
best carried decision dignity nations plan stage united
We would like to see the AU take a decision imminently to actually say we carried the burden, we carried it with dignity and that at this stage the best plan would be for the United Nations to take over that operation.
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.
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.
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.
discussed early elements expect france good later meeting progress reactions referred uk view week
We had a very good meeting. We discussed the elements that France and the UK put down. These are now being referred to capitals and I expect we will have an early meeting later this week to see what the reactions are with a view to making progress on the text.