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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I want to spell out to the people of Britain why our forces are bravely risking their lives destroying Saddam's threat to humanity. Our objective is to achieve by military action the disarmament Saddam will not allow the UN inspectors to carry out on the ground.
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I made it crystal clear there would be no further talks until the end of occupations, ... An end to the violence and the occupation of the farms is the essential next step.
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Saddam alone is to blame for his people's suffering. It is a myth that UN policy prevents the delivery of food and medicines. To export most goods to Iraq - including food, medicines, agricultural and educational equipment, and water and sanitation goods - it is simply necessary to notify the UN.
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The tests do nothing to enhance Pakistan's security environment. They further escalate tension and heighten concerns about an arms race in South Asia.... In carrying out these further tests, Pakistan has acted in flagrant disregard of international opinion.... The international community is united in its insistence that Pakistan should refrain from further tests.
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The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is ... whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward,
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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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He put to bed any idea that there are going to be divisions between Europe and the United States over security,
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In his words, they lack the basic elements of life and are particularly short of food,
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In Kosovo Europe witnessed the greatest persecution of a whole people since the days of Hitler or Stalin. We acted because the age of mass deportation and ethnic cleansing belongs to Europe's past.
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The ball is now in their court, ... It is up to them to end the occupations.
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I had now expressed that view to both the chairman of the JIC and the prime minister and both had assented to it,
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It's very important that we all send Saddam Hussein a message that is resolute, is firm and is united, ... He must be firmly told that he is not going to be permitted to continue to build weapons of mass destruction, particularly biological and chemical weapons.
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It's been imposed upon them by Milosevic who told them they would be guilty of treason to come here, ... (For) Milosevic to argue that it is treason to talk to the rest of Europe ... demonstrates how desperately isolationist he is and what a menace he is to the people of Serbia.