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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What we have done today is to set down the most concrete benchmarks by which the conditions in which the elections in Zimbabwe are able to take place, with an overriding imperative -- even at this late stage -- of trying to secure as free and fair elections as is possible.
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We're going to listen carefully ... and make an assessment from there,
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We're going to listen carefully to what the president has to say and we'll take it from there,
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What we need is action. The problem for the European Union is that we can only go at the pace of the slowest. Therefore, there is a special responsibility on the countries which have failed so far implementing measures to get moving,
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What we're doing is talking and that is always better than not talking,
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There are some important questions for Syria to answer and to deal with,
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The process of Turkish accession has turned into a lightning rod for other discontent,
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We have looked at the letter very carefully. The Iranians are under an obligation to respond positively to the resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... and we look to them to do that,
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very concerned indeed about the human rights situation.
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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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We left the door open for further diplomatic action with Iran. And I hope they take this opportunity,
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The overall result is less than we hoped but more than we expected.
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There are now discussions taking place on other aspects of the negotiating framework, principally on this issue about absorption capacity and privileged partnership,
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The fact that Iran asked for these discussions this morning - they are not negotiations - illustrated the fact that Iran is concerned about its international position.