Russia shouldn't even be on the Security Council, but they are a permanent member of the council, and we can't change that. — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
But I would say if the Security Council is only relevant if it agrees with the United States, then we have come… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council. — Li Zhaoxing Copy Share Image
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
India has a legitimate right to becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds,… — Igor Ivanov Copy Share Image
Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
I have often said that we have two UNs; the UN that is a Secretariat, that implements the mandates handed over to… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
When Colonel Gadhafi started using his air force against civilians on the ground, we did not hesitate. Then we supported the resolution… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
How can you have a world of today where India is not represented in the Security Council; Japan, the second contributor, is… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and… — Mike Jackson Copy Share Image
Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
I think that we have to do our job well, investigate thoroughly and then describe very honestly what we see to the… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
The Trump administration has done some bad stuff in the international realm, picking needless fights with allies like Mexico and Australia, even… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
When you have difficult issues on the table for discussion, then sometimes for Africa you may have Burundi or Gambia representing them… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“International organizations are to a large extent dependent upon these territorial entities and the willingness of their governments to support them. Only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The abuse of the veto power has become so predictable that frequently resolutions are not even tabled because of the certainty of… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm… — Henry Waxman Copy Share Image
Human rights and international criminal law both illustrate the contradictory potential of international law. On one level, the imposition of human rights… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“The good performed by some of United Nations institutions, such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF, has been outweighed by the… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
The international community unfortunately did take sides in Libya, and we would never allow the Security Council to authorise anything similar to… — Sergei Lavrov Copy Share Image
To go to war without the Security Council will not be in conformity with the Council. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
A nation has the right to defend itself, but when it comes to the broader issue of peace and security, the legitimacy… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is President of the United States and his National Security Council works for him. If he wants to fire someone,… — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General… — Harri Holkeri Copy Share Image
From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a… — Dan Gillerman Copy Share Image
I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice. — Alex Morrison Copy Share Image
The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Those who insist on transferring the Iranian nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council have received an additional argument for doing so. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Copy Share Image
Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy. — Ali Larijani Copy Share Image
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
The list of U.S. vetoes at the Security Council to protect Israeli aggression and occupation is huge. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
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