Robin Cook
Robin Cook
Robert Finlayson Cookwas a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Livingston from 1983 until his death, and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 May 1940
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My other objective today was to secure fair elections, free of intimidation,
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Over time, more and more of them will be coerced to stay static to save fuel, ... If they come out of hiding, they will be hit.
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Last night, (Yugoslav) President (Slobodan) Milosevic made what he called a peace offer. He said he was starting to withdraw his troops from Kosovo,
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rising indignation against the people who had ordered these atrocities.
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It is clear from weekend reports that the violence in Kosovo has continued. We do not accept that this is merely an internal matter.
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It is politically and diplomatically possible to negotiate withdrawal
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For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,
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If that is what Belgrade accepts, then we do have a good basis for securing the objectives of our campaign,
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There is a difficulty in the peace process in that while all three tracks remain in stalemate, it is hard for any party in the negotiations to feel confident in the possibility of progress, ... And because there is no confidence in the possibility of progress, it is difficult to generate momentum toward progress.
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What we are witnessing is not an end, but a new beginning, ... Today at this meeting we are discussing ... how the European Union can fulfill its lead role for the reconstruction of Kosovo.
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has undertaken to consider how it is going to accept international obligations in that regard.
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We may be able through this conference to establish funds that will assist them and make sure they don't experience a second tragedy of having spent their youth being persecuted and now dying in poverty in their old age,
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It accentuates our grave concern about the increased risk of nuclear and missile proliferation in South Asia, and of escalating tension in that region.
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There is no question at any stage of Tony offering me his resignation nor at any stage of my thinking that he should be resigning,