One of the problems with the Security Council is that there are vetoes, and they do not allow us to do what… — Antonio Guterres Copy Share Image
My peers are all in sensitive jobs - at the C.I.A., the National Security Council, working for the Department of Defense. They… — Paula Broadwell Copy Share Image
I've been going around the world; I've been to China, I sang at the General Assembly, the Security Council. — Robert Davi 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
Had someone from Serbia flown a 'Greater Serbia' flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security… — Ivica Dacic Copy Share Image
Iraq has a new opportunity to comply with all these relevant resolutions of the Security Council. — Kofi Annan 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
The United Nations will be at the heart of our international activities. France will assume its full responsibilities at the Security Council… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
What the Agency [CIA] does is ordered by the President and the NSC [National Security Council]. The Agency neither makes decisions on… — Philip Agee Copy Share Image
We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The United Nations General Assembly is not a world legislature,28 the International Court of Justice in The Hague can operate only on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government is the thing. Law is the thing. Not brotherhood, not international cooperation, not security councils that can stop war only by… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
The president of the United States is the commander in chief, and the people who work with him at the National Security… — Chuck Hagel Copy Share Image
The U.K.'s relationship with China is strong, growing and delivering benefits for both our countries. As permanent members of the U.N. Security… — Alok Sharma Copy Share Image
Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom… — John Bolton 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
There is no sign, not one sign, that the Iraqi regime has any intent to comply fully with the terms of Resolution… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
There are areas in the Security Council and more broadly in our bilateral relationship where we can cooperate with the Chinese. Climate… — Linda Thomas-Greenfield Copy Share Image
They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
We should find other platforms, other forums for that [foreign policy], and there are plenty of them, including, for example, the UN… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union, and Russia as the successor state to the Soviet Union, is a founding member state of the United Nations… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some. — Jose Maria Aznar Copy Share Image
If the nuclear dossier is referred to the U. N. Security Council, Iran will have to resume uranium enrichment. — Ali Larijani Copy Share Image
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
The United States reserves the right to oppose any arrangement that does not protect Security Council resolutions and what we perceive to… — Bill Richardson Copy Share Image
When a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council tries to deny self-rule to more than 40 million people, the whole world… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would… — Lakhdar Brahimi 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
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
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
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
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