Robin Cook Un Quotations

We may be able through this conference to establish funds that will assist them and make sure they don't experience a second tragedy of having spent their youth being persecuted and now dying in poverty in their old age,

grateful to all those friends in the international community who have supported our calls for the men's swift release.

He put to bed any idea that there are going to be divisions between Europe and the United States over security,

There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors

The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al Qaida. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the 'devil' only in order to drive the TV watcher to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US . . .

The president of South Korea is very keen that other countries help to engage North Korea by bringing it in from the cold.

We condemn this action, which runs counter to the will expressed by 149 signatories to the (comprehensive test ban treaty) to cease nuclear testing, and to efforts to strengthen the global non-proliferation regime,

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.

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,

And I hope he will be willing to work with us and with the international community to take forward that peace process,

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.

For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,

I do think those who are calling for ground troops have to be prepared to accept casualties that we are not able to accept,

All that is necessary is for Milosevic to get out of the way. He has been knocked out, he has now been counted out, now he should get out,

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,

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.

has undertaken to consider how it is going to accept international obligations in that regard.

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.

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.

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.