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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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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting...

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...

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire,...

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...

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

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...

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...

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than...

So interviews are a valuable tool, but under certain circumstances they'd be more valuable than...

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...

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 world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

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...

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...

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...