Jacques Chirac United Quotations

When this decision is arrived at by the United States and after discussions and consultations with ourselves, I believe that neither England nor France could fail to be present if the response is... effective,

Lifting sanctions is a goal we have supported for a long time, ... Now it is up to the United Nations to define the modalities of the lifting of sanctions.

France and the United States have been called upon to play an essential role,

What I'm saying is, you have to look at the problems, file by file, case by case, and solve them, ... Find a right way to solve them. But we can't do that without the United Nations. It won't work.

When it comes to punishing this murderous folly, France will be at the side of the United States.

The United States alone produces a quarter of the world's emissions. It is in the Americans, in the first place, that we place our hopes of effectively limiting greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale.

The United Kingdom has a very difficult mission. It is relatively isolated on the financial perspective.

The United States will continue to have an approach of respecting nations that agree with us and respecting nations that disagree with us.

This is a France that wins and is, for once, united in victory, ... symbol of the diversity and of the unity of the country.

The message of the international community is clear - it has united to tell Iraq that it is now time to co-operate fully with the United Nations.

In an open world, no one can live in isolation, no one can act alone in the name of all, and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules, ... There is no alternative to the United Nations.