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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Between us, France and Britain will commit a majority of the troops that are currently committed to that (NATO) force, ... We are both clear we are only going to supply our troops ... if there is a cease-fire and a demilitarization on both sides.
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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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I have to report to you that as of this morning, there is no evidence of troops withdrawing from Kosovo. Indeed, the reports we have suggest that the fighting continues,
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I do think those who are calling for ground troops have to be prepared to accept casualties that we are not able to accept,
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Tony made no attempt to pretend that what (then-chief U.N. weapons inspector) Hans Blix might report would make any difference to the countdown to invasion,
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We will now only stop the NATO campaign if Milosevic makes an offer of real substance that meets NATO's key demands: a cease-fire on the ground and a halt to ethnic cleansing,
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We expect this visit to provide a further boost to the excellent commercial relationships Britain and Argentina enjoy,
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We don't trust him. Of course we don't trust him. That's precisely why the critical element for us in any deal that can stick would be mechanisms to make sure he can't go back on it,
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We are very concerned ... We need to know she's safe, is well. What's happened to her is a scandal,
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I very much hope that it is the deal we are looking for, ... What he is saying is encouraging ... If he has got the kind of deal that appears to be emerging, he has moved Saddam a long way.
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The starting point for our discussions will be the offer we made in 1988 to help fund a program of land reform, ... But it has to be a program that is within the rule of law and helps the rural poor. And the occupations have to stop.
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The Russian government throughout has sought to be as helpful as it can within its power, but that power is very limited in Chechnya,
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enables us to escape from the stalemate that we had on which way to make forward on the peace track.
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President Milosevic has once again made clear his attitude toward the truth -- he's terrified of it,