Security Council Quotes

63 Security Council quotes by 44 unique authors

I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category, India will have… — Pranab Mukherjee
The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto. — Hassan Nasrallah
India seeks to be a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council... things like this don't happen automatically, you need constant dialogue and discussion with… — Pratibha Patil
It's very liberating for me to realize that I don't have to step up to the plate with a plot that involves the U.N. Security… — Jonathan Franzen
Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas. I… — Mike Jackson
When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA. — Condoleezza Rice
Reporting Iran's dossier to the UN Security Council will be unconstructive and the end of diplomacy. — Ali Larijani
From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a century to sit… — Dan Gillerman
Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon now presides over the UN Security Council. This means, in effect, that a terror organization presides over the body entrusted with guaranteeing the… — Benjamin Netanyahu
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security… — Colin Powell
No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible… — Vladimir Putin
The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council… — Vladimir Putin
We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of… — Vladimir Putin
I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get… — Ted Turner
In line with international law, only the U.N. Security Council could sanction the use of force against a sovereign state. Any other pretext or method… — Vladimir Putin
In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in 1977. And that… — Noam Chomsky
The list of U.S. vetoes at the Security Council to protect Israeli aggression and occupation is huge. — Noam Chomsky
The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure,… — Elliott Abrams
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing… — Elliott Abrams
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well as long-range missiles. — Barton Gellman
My journalistic mission was straightforward: to await the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Nobody knew quite when this would be. But the diplomacy - the meetings… — Luke Harding
The missile that downed the Malaysian plane, they say, is a Russian-made missile. But the weapons that are used in the barbarism in the barbaric… — Yahya Jammeh
Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the… — Igor Ivanov
We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds. — Igor Ivanov
Dick Clarke, who was head of counter-terrorism in the National Security Council, pushed constantly for the Principals Committee, which is the key national security group… — Sidney Blumenthal

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