George Robertson
George Robertson
courage government vision voting
I congratulate the government and the parliamentarians for their vision and courage in voting for this law.
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an offer of assistance in response to President Boris Trajkovski's request to NATO to contribute to the protection of the international monitors who will oversee implementation of the peace plan in Macedonia.
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The withdrawal of Serb forces has begun to uncover the full horror of what has happened in Kosovo in the past few months,
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NATO will not become involved in partitioning that country, ... We're not going to engage in an operation that will fix demarcation lines. This is one country, and it will remain one country.
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prepared to implement a phased and conditioned reduction of the Ground Safety Zone.
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It's a genuine trans-Atlantic partnership, a genuine trans-Atlantic forum where people argue and talk and debate, as you would expect in 19 democracies, and it is about collective security and collective defense, ... American Morning With Paula Zahn.
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I have no doubt at all about Germany's commitment to respond to a plea from a NATO member to have protection,
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It is the fact that the (ethnic Albanian rebels are) handing over these weapons and disbanding as organisation. That is the critical issue involved here today.
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This help is being undermined and threatened by this unacceptable resort to violent action,
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NATO is prepared to consider such changes if it will not create a vacuum or lead to new fighting, and is part of a settlement to the problems in the region, ... Premature changes, however, carry the risk of only making matters worse.
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a truly defining moment for the Atlantic alliance.
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Some 300 Tomahawk Cruise missiles have been fired, and around 100 air-launch Cruise missiles have been used, ... Coalition forces have attacked about 100 separate, precise military targets.
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NATO will continue to be critical about what the Russians are doing in Chechnya, not just on the basis of principle, but because we disagree with disproportionate violence and the civilian casualties who are being affected, ... We think that they are simply storing up more problems for the future.
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The world is watching and the politicians know they have an obligation that they must fulfil. NATO has delivered -- it is now up to the parliamentarians to deliver again.