Robin Cook
Robin Cook
Robert Finlayson Cookwas a British Labour Party politician, who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Livingston from 1983 until his death, and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 May 1940
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The question Tony Blair should be reflecting on this weekend is ... whether now might be a better time to let a new leader in who could then achieve the unity we need if we are going to go forward,
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The opening of diplomatic relations is not in any way an approval of the conduct of the regime, ... But it may well be helpful in resolving ... the strong tension between it and South Korea.
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Today's agreement does not embrace any renegade fanatic who may wish to still try to carry out a threat to the life of Salman Rushdie,
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We had no contact with the Spanish government before he came or before he was arrested, ... There was absolutely no entrapment in this case.
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we are dismayed by the nuclear tests which have been carried out by Pakistan.
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We are making sure that every possible pressure is brought to bear on President Mugabe, ... There has to be an end to the occupations and a start to elections.
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We are looking for a strong declaration that there must be a return to the rule of law and an end to the illegal occupation of the farms,
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There is no question at any stage of Tony offering me his resignation nor at any stage of my thinking that he should be resigning,
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There is no purpose in extending the talks any further,
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We want the peace talks to resume on all tracks as soon as possible,
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We want to stop the breaches in the cease-fire and we want to avoid the potential of future atrocities,
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We may be able through this conference to establish funds that will assist them and make sure they don't experience a second tragedy of having spent their youth being persecuted and now dying in poverty in their old age,
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