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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Whether or not technically they have rights under the Geneva Conventions, they have rights in customary international law, and all of us who are either involved as their representatives as their governments or those holding them have obligations.
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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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We're going to listen carefully ... and make an assessment from there,
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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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the possibility of war is real and very disturbing.
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The people who will finally decide will not be the British Government or the Spanish Government, but the people of Gibraltar in a referendum, ... That was a solemn undertaking given in 1969 to the people of Gibraltar. We absolutely stand by it.
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We've agreed to set up a monitoring mission that is going to be launched on Thursday,
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We are awaiting the police assessment of the video,
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We are at a difficult time, but I believe that by the process of argument we should be able to get to a point where we can get a second resolution,
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We stand ready to hear what they have to say.
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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.
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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.