But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come a long way in a direction that I do not like very much.

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The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

The South Africans decided that they would like to prove to the world they did...

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces...

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with...

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with...

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the...

The Iraqis are not threatened by the Turks or by the Iranians or by the...

I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe...

I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe...

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed?...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much...

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use...

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

If you take the biological weapons in the United States we still will have perhaps...

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...

The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a...

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.

The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for...

The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for...

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe...

The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...

I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and...

On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...

On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must...