Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chiracis a French politician, who served as the President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976, from 1986 to 1988, and as the Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 November 1932
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
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First of all, we must improve the living conditions of the Iraqi people, who have suffered for so many years, ... This is possible and necessary.
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The message of the international community is clear - it has united to tell Iraq that it is now time to co-operate fully with the United Nations.
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As far as France is concerned, we are ready to envisage everything that can be done under UNSCR 1441. [...] But I repeat that every possibility offered by the present resolution must be explored, that there are a lot of them and they still leave us with a lot of leeway when it comes to ways of achieving the objective of eliminating any weapons of mass destruction which may exist in Iraq. I'd like nevertheless to note that, as things stand at the moment, I have, to my knowledge, no indisputable proof in this sphere.
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The unanimous vote by the Security Council... offers Iraq a chance to disarm in peace. That was the meaning of France's initiative since the start.
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The Iraqi authorities understand it is in their interests and the interests of the region and the world to avoid a spiraling or escalation, ... Of course, it is not too late for the Iraqi authorities to reverse their decision.
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I do not believe that it is NATO's purpose to intervene in Iraq, nor do I believe that it would be relevant or proportionate or even well understood by people in Iraq and abroad,
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These statements, presented as medical, are in fact texts devised by the patient, those close to him, his aides, ... authentic.
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These events harm the cease-fire and the calm that we have respected,
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise, ... We will respond by being firm, by being fair and by being faithful to the values of France.
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise, ... It is a crisis of meaning, a crisis of reference points and an identity crisis.
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These events bear witness to a deep malaise,
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These events are a sign of a deep malaise,
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These countries have been not very well behaved and rather reckless of the danger of aligning themselves too rapidly with the American position.
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The United States alone produces a quarter of the world's emissions. It is in the Americans, in the first place, that we place our hopes of effectively limiting greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale.