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
International institutions like the Security Council, the General Assembly, the G20, the BRICs, the IMF, etc., continue to be little more than… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage.… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
We need a reform of the Security Council. It must be perceived as truly representative by all the 191 member states, to… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The United Nations remains our most important global actor. These days we are continuously reminded of the enormous responsibility of the Security… — Anna Lindh Copy Share Image
The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic… — Elliott Abrams 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
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
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
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
The missile that downed the Malaysian plane, they say, is a Russian-made missile. But the weapons that are used in the barbarism… — Yahya Jammeh Copy Share Image
The views of the European Union are fully reflected in this text, particularly the key objective of the EU, namely vigorously to… — Javier Solana Copy Share Image
In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in… — Noam Chomsky 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
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
Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key… — Sidney Blumenthal 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
India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue… — Pratibha Patil 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 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 got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the… — Stephen Hadley 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
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
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