Against Quote by Igor Ivanov

In my view, the military action taken in Iraq in 2003 was not lawful under international law because there was no U.N. resolution expressly…

— Keir Starmer

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

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…

— Vladimir Putin

In my judgment, based on the work that has been done to this point of the Iraq Survey Group, and in fact, that I…

— David Kay

I do not exclude this, but I would like to draw your attention to one absolutely key aspect: In line with international law, only…

— Vladimir Putin

They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you are not…

— Vladimir Putin

Well, the United States has said that the disarmament of Iraq is the top priority, but we have also noted that there are many…

— Richard Armitage

Iraq will not allow any action on its soil that could harm the U.S. We don't want any action from our soil to target…

— Ahmed Chalabi

I supported the Iraq resolution, but that was not an approval of war in Iraq and certainly was not approval for an occupation of…

— Bob Barr

We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping…

— Colin Powell

We're not getting involved in terms of sending ground forces into Libya. Let's be clear about that. And indeed the UN Resolution forbids that.…

— William Hague

By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties,…

— Bhikkhu Bodhi