Look at the Palestinians with the huge, huge percentage of unemployed. What does that breed? Anyone who's unemployed in the world, you feel there's no meaning and there's a risk that you drift over to something desperate. Yes, we have…

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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,...

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...

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...

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...

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

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.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

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...

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...