Jack Straw Council Quotations

What we are discussing is what we have to do, the very clear undertakings given by the European Council at a summit last December and again this June, to lead to an opening of negotiations on October 3rd. I will say that I am reasonably hopeful that this deadline can be met.

The mere fact of having a Security Council meeting at ministerial level will send out a very sharp message indeed to the Syrians.

(Annan) asked that arrangements should be made for a briefing of the security council and that will be taking place later today.

We need all to remember that the coalition ... decided to take military action to remove the Saddam regime because of our very clear assessment that Saddam Hussein and his regime were in clear material breach of U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 and many preceding that, and that therefore we did have to face the serious consequences which that resolution made clear would follow,