Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
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The process of Turkish accession has turned into a lightning rod for other discontent,
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What we can be sure of, however, is that if the elections are not free and fair then Zimbabwe will be in the clearest and most flagrant breach of declarations to which they have signed up.
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We have just made history, ... We've had the first ministerial meeting on the opening of accession negotiations.
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We have just made history, ... an EU based on values, not just history. Turkey has always been a European country.
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We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.
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very distinguished and experienced internationally. If his appointment is confirmed we look forward to working with him.
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very concerned indeed about the human rights situation.
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We are all agreed that it is extremely important that as quickly as possible there is a broad-based multi-ethnic civil administration in Afghanistan.
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Our position in terms of paying ransoms has been very clear and consistent. The United Kingdom does not pay ransoms.
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we not only help those countries in the region which are subject to Iraqi threats and intimidation, we also deprive Saddam of his most powerful tools for keeping the Iraqi people living in fear and subjugation.
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We need all to remember that the coalition ... decided to take military action to remove the Saddam regime because of our very clear assessment that Saddam Hussein and his regime were in clear material breach of U.N. Security Council resolution 1441 and many preceding that, and that therefore we did have to face the serious consequences which that resolution made clear would follow,
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We put forth proposals. They are still on the table, ... They have yet properly to be considered by the other side.
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We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so,
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In the event of failure to uphold international standards, the draft conclusions make it clear that measures such as asset freezes or visa bans could be taken against those responsible.