Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
cooperate fully questions syria
What is important ... is for Syria fully to cooperate over these questions that have been raised.
answer deal questions syria
There are some important questions for Syria to answer and to deal with,
question resolve war
There is no question of us going to war in Iran. Why? Because it's not going to resolve the issue,
defying enforce gambling lose nerve questions rather resolve respect saddam
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.
challenge historic mounting regime represents saddam serious shows threat
What that dossier shows is that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's regime is not some historic leftover, but is real serious and represents a mounting challenge to the international community,
action government hear iranian sit
We look to the Iranian government to sit down with us, hear what we have to say and take action where appropriate.
allowed elections further intend israeli meeting next soon steps stock
We will take stock of our next steps after the Israeli elections and intend to have a further meeting as soon as the Palestinian delegates are allowed to travel,
abuse clear democracy human lack situation
The situation is very serious, there has been a clear abuse of human rights, a lack of democracy and a lack of openness,
hard legitimate prime situation support worked
The situation is grave, ... We have all worked hard to support the legitimate prime minister.
action coalition exception last military night spoke states support united
I spoke last night with many of my counterparts and without exception there was overwhelming support for this action by the military coalition consisting of the United States and the United Kingdom,
ally cold final friend funeral longer rites russia
These are the final rites of the funeral of the Cold War, with Russia as a friend and ally and no longer as an enemy,
ensure found
There will have to be some way to ensure accountability for what has already been found here,
achieve acquire aim approach develop federation foreign government iran minister nuclear record rest russian saying tactics weapons wish
The Russian Federation have the same aim as the rest of the international community, ... Foreign Minister Lavrov is on record as saying that the Russian Federation does not wish the government of Iran to develop or acquire a nuclear weapons capability. That is the same approach as we have. What we're now working out is the appropriate tactics to achieve that.
asked council later security taking
(Annan) asked that arrangements should be made for a briefing of the security council and that will be taking place later today.