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  1. “Thirdly, and in parallel with the inspections, the verification and monitoring mechanisms called for in resolution 1284 (1999) need to be developed and expanded. An ongoing, long-term monitoring regime must prevent any future rearmament. We need structures that guarantee Iraq's disarmament and containment on a permanent basis. That is of immense importance for the whole region. Such a reinforced inspection and verification regime could also be of service to the United Nations in other crises involving weapons of mass destruction. All possible options for resolving the Iraq crisis by peaceful means must be thoroughly explored. Whatever decisions need to be made must be taken by the Security Council alone. It remains the only body internationally authorized to do so.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  2. “How we proceed from here is laid down by resolutions 1441 (2002) and 1284 (1999). What is crucial are the resolutions' three core elements: full cooperation, inspection and verification. First, Iraq must cooperate fully, unconditionally and actively with the inspectors if the looming tragedy is to be averted. Secondly, the inspection regime must be made more efficient. France has made very concrete proposals on how this can be done. These envisage increasing the number of inspection teams and improving the technical resources at their disposal. In addition, the inspectors' capacities for coordination, surveillance and concrete action need to be spelled out precisely and strengthened. We strongly support these proposals, for they help ensure a response more appropriate to the size of the task.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  3. “The first private interviews with Iraqi experts have taken place without official escorts. The problem of U-2 aerial surveillance has been resolved. Helicopters, drones and Mirage and Antonov aircraft are to be put at UNMOVIC's disposal to ensure comprehensive surveillance from the air. The inspectors have thus been able to score some successes. Already today their presence on the ground has substantially diminished the danger emanating from Iraq. The need now is to gain experience with the new measures in place and to evaluate them in the light of our common goal of ensuring Iraq's complete disarmament. Why should we now turn away from that path? Why should we now halt the inspections? On the contrary, the inspectors must be given the time they need to successfully complete their mission.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  4. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Vice Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany. I would like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for their update on the inspections in Iraq. They have briefed us on the substantial progress of their work, but also on deficits in the Iraqi regime's cooperation with the inspectors. Those deficits must be rectified by Baghdad without delay. Iraq must not be allowed to possess any weapons of mass destruction and must disarm completely. Baghdad must actively and fully cooperate with the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and must comply unconditionally with the requirements of the relevant resolutions. The inspectors have reported on headway that they have made.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  5. “I now call on The Right Honourable Jack Straw, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  6. “I thank Mr. ElBaradei for his briefing. Before giving the floor to Council members, I wish to recall the understanding reached among ourselves, namely, that all participants will limit their statements to no more than seven minutes, in order to enable the Council to work efficiently within its timetable. I now call on Mr. Farouk Al-Shara', Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Syrian Arab Republic.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  7. “I thank Mr. Blix for his briefing. I now give the floor to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  8. “I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, at this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The Council is meeting in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations. At this meeting, the Security Council will hear briefings by Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, and Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. I now give the floor to Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  9. “The President: In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. Blix to take a seat at the Council table. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council's prior consultations, I shall take it that the Security Council agrees to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. There being no objection, it is so decided. I invite Mr. ElBaradei to take a seat at the Council table.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  10. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq, in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In accordance with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) took a seat at the Council table.”

    2003-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4707 (2003) · source

  11. “There are no further speakers the pleasure oi hosting in the Delegates Dining Room. inscribed on my list. The Security Council has thus The meeting rose a12.10p.m. concluded the present stage of its consideration of the item on its agenda.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  12. “Moreover, we ought to support all endeavours of States in the region that are currently engaging in considerable diplomatic efforts to bring the Iraqi Government to fully implement the resolutions. Iraq has to disarm openly, peacefully and in cooperation with the inspectors without any delay. I now resume my functions as President of the Security Council. I call on the representative of Iraq.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  13. “In the world of the twenty-first century, the United Nations is key to conflict prevention, crisis management and peace building. On the basis of resolution 1441 (2002) and in the light of practical experience, we need to enhance the instruments of inspection and control. We need a tough regime of intensive inspections that can guarantee the full and lasting disarmament of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. By tightening inspections, we are creating an opportunity for a peaceful solution. Such a tough system of inspections could also be effectively applied by the Security Council in other cases. Our French colleague made some very interesting proposals on this matter which deserve our further consideration.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  14. “Chief Inspector Blix and IAEA head ElBaradei will travel to Iraq again next weekend and thereafter update us. The success of that trip will be of paramount importance. It will depend crucially on the full cooperation of Baghdad. Quite a few States suspect that Saddam Hussain's regime is withholding relevant information and concealing military capabilities. This strong suspicion has to be dispelled beyond any doubt. That is exactly why resolution 1441 (2002) provides for the instrument of inspections in Iraq by UNMOVIC and the IAEA. The dangers of a military action and its consequences are plain to see. Precisely because of the effectiveness of the work of the inspectors, we must continue to seek a peaceful solution to the crisis.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  15. “The regime in Baghdad must give clear answers to all these concrete questions without delay. Despite all the difficulties, United Nations efforts to disarm Iraq in the past were not without success. In the 19905, the inspectors were able to destroy more weapons of mass destruction capacities than did the Gulf War. The threat potential of Iraq to the region was thus clearly reduced. The current basis for the inspections is laid down in resolutions 1284 (1999) and 1441 (2002). The weapons inspectors from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have powers that reach further than ever before. They have to be given a real chance and the time they need to fully exhaust the possibilities.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  16. “Nor do we hold any illusions on the inhumane and brutal nature of Saddam Hussain's dictatorship. Under his rule, Iraq has attacked its neighbours Kuwait and Iran, fired missiles at Israel and deployed poison gas against Iran and its own Kurdish population. The regime is terrible for the Iraqi people. That is why a policy of containment, sanctions and effective military control of the no-fly zones has been implemented since the Gulf War. Iraq must comply with all relevant Security Council resolutions in their entirety and completely disarm its weapons of mass destruction potential. The presence of the inspectors in Iraq has already effectively reduced the danger of that potential. Nevertheless, the aim of resolution 1441 (2002) is the full and lasting disarmament of Iraq. In his latest report, Hans Blix listed many open questions.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  17. “It is now decisive that the United Nations inspectors also be provided with this extensive material, insofar as that has not yet happened. They have to work with this information to be able to clarify the unresolved questions quickly and fully. And Iraq has to answer the elements which were provided today by our colleague Colin Powell to the Security Council. The more expert information the inspection teams have at their disposal, the more targeted their work can be. Thus, from the outset, Germany, too, has passed on the information to Hans Blix, Mohamed ElBaradei and their teams. The Security Council has been dealing with Iraq for 12 years. As a matter of principle, the unity of the Council is of central importance in this context. Baghdad has time and again violated the obligations laid down in the relevant Council resolutions.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  18. “I shall now make a statement in my capacity as Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany. Allow me to express my sincere condolences on the tragic loss of life in the accident of the Columbia space shuttle to the families and to the Governments and peoples of the United States and Israel. I would like to thank Secretary of State Colin Powell for the information he has just given us. The place and timing of this detailed account underline once more that the Security Council is and remains the centre of decision-making on the Iraq crisis. Germany supports this approach. Given the implications they could have for future decisions, the findings have to be examined carefully. We can already see that they coincide in part with information that we also have. They are based on a close exchange of information.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  19. “I now call on His Excellency Mr. Francois-Xavier Ngoubeyou, Minister of State in charge of External Relations of Cameroon.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  20. “I thank the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the kind words he addressed to me. I call now on the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, His Excellency Mr. Igor Ivanov.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  21. “I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of China for his kind words addressed to me. I now give the floor to The Right Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Member of Parliament.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  22. “Hans Blix, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, and Mr. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Members of the Council who wish to address questions to Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei are invited to do so at the luncheon to be held following the adjournment of this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. The purpose of this meeting is to hear a presentation by the United States. In order for us to work within our timetable, participants are urged to speak for no longer than seven minutes. I call on His Excellency Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of State of the United States of America.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  23. “I should like to inform the Council that I have received a letter from the representative of Iraq in which he requests to be invited to participate in the discussion of the item on the Council's agenda. In conformity with the usual practice, I propose, with the consent of the Council, to invite that representative to participate in the discussion, without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter and rule 37 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure. There being no objection, it is so decided. At the invitation of the President, Mr. Aldouri (Iraq) took a seat at the Council table. The President: I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, at this meeting. I also welcome the presence of Mr.”

    2003-02-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4701 (2003) · source

  24. “We also attach particular importance to dialogue with other civilizations, particularly the Islamic world, in that context. Let me say once more that we cannot achieve these goals without the international coalition against terrorism. We must preserve and cultivate it, and it would be best if we did so within the framework of the United Nations. The momentum created by today's meeting must be used. During the German presidency of the Council, we plan to take up this issue once more in an open debate on 20 February.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  25. “In addition to prosecuting terrorists, we are also particularly keen on tackling terrorism at its roots. That includes devising potential solutions to simmering regional conflicts, as in the examples of Afghanistan and the Middle East. It also includes the stabilization and the development of countries stricken by crisis through useful assistance and cooperation. Furthermore, we continue to pay particular attention to the risk of terrorists gaining access to weapons of mass destruction. However, that means that international instruments of arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation must not, under any circumstances, be weakened. Indeed, quite the reverse should be the case: they must be strengthened. In that connection, we have launched various initiatives within the frameworks of the European Union and the Group of 8.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  26. “In that connection, my country is prepared to assist third States in developing suitable measures to combat terrorism and to coordinate that assistance with the Committee. We also attach great importance to the General Assembly debates and draft convention on that issue. It would be desirable if the Assembly were to finally conclude its work on conventions on the comprehensive fight against terrorism and on nuclear terrorism. Germany will continue to participate actively and constructively in all efforts to fight and prevent international terrorism. That is one of our most important foreign and security policy objectives. We are working towards that goal in very close cooperation with our international partners, particularly within the framework of the European Union.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  27. “It is the United Nations that provides us with the appropriate global framework for that. Thirdly, our fight must always be legitimized under international law. It must respect national and international law, human rights and the United Nations Charter. Human rights in particular should not be suspended under the pretext of combating terrorism. After all, this fight is not only about defending our security, but also about our fundamental values - freedom, democracy and human rights. The United Nations reacted quickly and resolutely to the events of 11 September 2001. Allow me to single out the Security Council's Counter- Terrorism Committee here. It has done impressive work, and its Chairman deserves our recognition.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  28. “We are greatly concerned that a military strike against the regime in Baghdad would involve considerable and unpredictable risks for the global fight against terrorism. We have no illusions about the brutal nature of Saddam Hussein's regime. Therefore, we all demand that Baghdad implement the relevant United Nations resolutions in full and without exceptions. However, in addition to disastrous consequences for long-term regional stability, we also fear possible negative repercussions for the joint fight against terrorism. These are fundamental reasons for our rejection of military action. What we need is a system of global cooperative security. Asymmetrical conflicts in particular must be countered with an international system of sanctions and verification mechanisms.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  29. “The fight against international terrorism must take place at various levels. Intelligence, police, judicial and, in extreme cases, even military measures are indispensable. However, crisis prevention, conflict management, participation, poverty reduction, the promotion of education and a dialogue among civilizations are equally important. It is crucial to prevent acts of terrorism, but it is even better to prevent people from becoming terrorists. Secondly, we can win this fight only through intensive international cooperation. Terrorism does not stop at borders. The impressive international coalition against terrorism that evolved following the attacks in New York and Washington must be preserved. Allow me to comment here on the current situation.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  30. “We must therefore join forces to counter that brutal challenge with determination and prudence. The threat to our citizens has gained a new dimension. It is not possible to negotiate with terrorists such as Osama bin Laden and his network. They must be defeated. The terrorist network must be destroyed. At the same time, however, we must use political, humanitarian and economic means to root out for good the possible causes that lead people to support terrorism. I would like to briefly outline three fundamental considerations. First, international terrorism poses a strategic threat to peace and the international order. It is aimed at forcing us to react rashly and entangling us in a war among civilizations. That must not be our response. We must react in a way which weakens terrorism. There are no easy answers to this.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source

  31. “I would like to congratulate the French Council presidency on initiating today's meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Ambassador Greenstock for their reports. The issue we are dealing with today is a top international priority, since the Sword of Damocles of international terrorism is hanging over all of us. Terrorism kills innocent people and is a crime. It threatens peace and security; it threatens democracy, development and freedom, and it scorns national and international law and brutally attacks human rights. That is the message the horrific terrorist attack of 11 September 2001 sent to us all. What is more, the attacks in Djerba and Bali, and in Moscow and Mombasa, have made it clear to us that that threat remains unchanged. No country is willing to live with that threat.”

    2003-01-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4688 (2003) · source