Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer, ACis a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history. He was also the Leader of the Opposition for eight months from 1994 to 1995. Until early February 2014, Downer was the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 September 1951
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There will be a need for continued commitment and strong leadership by all parties, especially in the early implementation of plans for the disposal of weapons,
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that there are some people on earth who are so wicked and so evil that nothing can be done but to confront them.
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They have indicated they are prepared to resume talks and before too long, within a reasonable time frame,
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They have had a good hearing of their representation on obviously resuming the six-party talks and making sure some sort of process is put in place for nuclear disarmament in North Korea,
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The onus of that task falls on the armed forces and the police force in East Timor and they haven't done a good job in recent times. It's important that they perform more effectively and do everything they can to stop the violence and move to disarm the two sides -- the paramilitaries and the pro-independence side,
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Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria.
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We hope that it's going to be possible to get back on to the diplomatic path before too long,
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In addition, I will express Australian support for international efforts to meet the pressing humanitarian problems facing North Korea.
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I don't think there's any need to be concerned about it, ... I think this is just another paragraph in a very long book of fiery rhetoric, that we've heard for many years.
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It is very important that people take this warning seriously.
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It's a deeply disturbing additional submission which confirms what (U.N. chief weapons inspector) Hans Blix was saying 10 days ago,
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nothing to worry about if they don't export components or fully made-up weapons of mass destruction.
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A constructive, diplomatic solution to North Korea's nuclear crisis, which escalated just over a year ago, is vital for the security of our region and stability in North Asia and among our allies and top trading partners,
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It's of some concern to us that the sentence is as short as it is. We're disappointed about that. We'd like to see a longer sentence,