On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own…

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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.

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...

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,...

The world has gotten so interwoven.

The world has gotten so interwoven.

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?...

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 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...

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...

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

International cooperation, multilateralism is indispensable.

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...

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 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...

By and large my relations with the US were good.

By and large my relations with the US were good.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...