I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful…

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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...

Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus,...

Now the idea about taking people abroad is that if they come over to Cyprus,...

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...

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...

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...

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

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...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with...

But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees 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 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...

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

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

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

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...

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...

They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import...

They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import...

Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries.

Even on television, the wavelengths that you use, they have to be distributed between countries.

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...

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...