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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What we are witnessing is not an end, but a new beginning, ... Today at this meeting we are discussing ... how the European Union can fulfill its lead role for the reconstruction of Kosovo.
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because we are determined to make an impact from our air campaigns and follow up on the good success that we've achieved.
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If they are willing to be genuine partners in this project, we are willing to help -- not only by contributing ourselves but also by taking the lead in the international community,
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has undertaken to consider how it is going to accept international obligations in that regard.
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If that is what Belgrade accepts, then we do have a good basis for securing the objectives of our campaign,
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For years Libya has promised that it would accept a court without jury meeting in a third country. That way forward is now open to them,
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Those teeth will be supplied by the NATO countries,
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We cannot ask British pilots to patrol the no-fly zones and not act when we see Saddam Hussein preparing to shoot them down. That is why we took the action yesterday.
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We want to ensure there is an end to drug trafficking and an end to the violence, ... Britain is keen to support Colombia.
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We will now only stop the NATO campaign if Milosevic makes an offer of real substance that meets NATO's key demands: a cease-fire on the ground and a halt to ethnic cleansing,
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We expect this visit to provide a further boost to the excellent commercial relationships Britain and Argentina enjoy,
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We don't trust him. Of course we don't trust him. That's precisely why the critical element for us in any deal that can stick would be mechanisms to make sure he can't go back on it,
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We are very concerned ... We need to know she's safe, is well. What's happened to her is a scandal,
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We have done a lot here even if we have not done enough, ... We will use the next three weeks to convince the Serbs and to convince the Albanians that the agreement is a good bargain for both sides.