Jack Straw United Quotations

I also want to put on record the very high regard which the British government as a whole, and I personally, have for Kofi Annan, in leading and steering the United Nations through a period of great change in international relations,

Kofi Annan has already been instrumental in pushing forward that debate in the United Nations. I firmly support his efforts. A successful United Nations Summit next week presents the international community with a real opportunity to secure the necessary change.

Our position in terms of paying ransoms has been very clear and consistent. The United Kingdom does not pay ransoms.

We'll make decisions about exactly how much time in the light of the report at the United Nations.

When Western Europe needed defense, along with the United States, it looked to Turkey for that defense on its eastern flank against the then-Soviet Union, ... No issues were then raised that it had an Islamic majority.

The government of Iraq has to be from the people of Iraq and by the people of Iraq, of course with the support of the coalition and with the support of the United Nations and of the international community.

What we are doing, with the United Nations ' full support, is helping that full majority of Iraqis build what we have here -- a democratic, stable, prosperous and peaceful society.

I spoke last night with many of my counterparts and without exception there was overwhelming support for this action by the military coalition consisting of the United States and the United Kingdom,

It's very important that Syria accepts the new reality and operates in a constructive, cooperative way with us and the United States.

All United States presidents always say all options are open. But it is not on the table, it is not on the agenda. I happen to think that it is inconceivable,