Emyr Parry
Emyr Parry
Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstPis a retired British diplomat. He is a former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council...
assembly general role
The role of the General Assembly in all of this is crucial,
possible talking text
There's no text but we are talking about possible responses.
consent request
at the request of and with the consent of a government.
assembly decides dilemma general help president whatever
And that is the dilemma the president of the General Assembly has, and we will give him whatever help we can as he decides now how to go forward.
basis best consensus covered interest main nobody percent recognize reflects satisfied
Nobody is going to be 100 percent satisfied with this text, but I think it is a basis for all of us to say our main interest is covered by it and that we recognize it reflects the best consensus we can come to now.
decides explore means move options toward wants
If that means that the AU decides that ... it wants to move this toward the UN, we are going to have to explore options like that.
actions minimize possible risk serious situation
It's potentially a very serious situation. Some of the actions have aggravated that situation and we must do everything possible to minimize the risk of a re-emergence of conflict.
acts anyone commit discourage effort incite others people says stop terrorist
It says governments should take every effort to stop people inciting anyone to commit terrorist acts. It's to discourage all those people who incite others to commit terrorist acts . . . in every way possible.
agreed prospect
If there's no prospect for an agreed conclusion, we won't be amending the text.
means potential produce
If you can do one centrifuge, you can do 164. If you can do 164, you probably do many more. That means you have the potential to do full-scale enrichment. If you can do enrichment up to 7 percent, you can do 80 percent. If you can do 80 percent, you can produce a bomb.
close colleagues response today
The response we got from our colleagues today suggests that we are pretty close to where they wanted us to be.
continued deal
We don't have a deal but we continued our discussions, we will continue them and we edged forward... but it's edging forward.
apply asked best board discussing encourage iran means meet pressure support
We are discussing the best means by which we can apply pressure to encourage Iran to meet what the board has asked and demonstrate our support for the board.
confident quite
We are not there yet, but I am quite confident that we will be soon.