International Community Quotes - Page 6

• The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

  Moshe Katsav

  Community, Accepting, Regimes

  "Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• But Iran has gone far beyond what is necessary for a purely civilian programme. It has concealed several nuclear facilities from the International Atomic Energy Agency, played hide-and-seek with the international community, and rejected all offers of co-operation from the U.S., the EU, and others.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Agency, Iran, Community

  "The case for western missile defence" by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2010.

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• My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

  Madeleine Albright

  Regret, Years, Community

  "Madam Secretary". Book by Madeleine Albright, en.wikiquote.org. 2003.

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• If Saddam Hussein is unwilling to bend to the international community's already existing order, then he will have invited enforcement, even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act.

  John F. Kerry

  Hands, Order, Community

  "We Still Have a Choice on Iraq" by John F. Kerry, www.nytimes.com. September 6, 2002.

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• There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

  Kjell Magne Bondevik

  Government, Community, Needs

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• With the persistence of tensions and conflicts in various parts of the world, the international community must never forget what happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a warning and in incentive to develop truly effective and peaceful means of settling tensions and disputes. Fifty years after the Second World War, the leaders of nations cannot become complacent but rather should renew their commitment to disarmament and to the banishment of all nuclear weapons.

  Pope John Paul II

  Religious, War, Commitment

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• The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere. Non-traditional donors need to step up alongside traditional donors. As many people are forcibly displaced today as the entire populations of medium-to-large countries such as Colombia or Spain, South Africa or South Korea.

  Antonio Guterres

  Country, Differences, Korea

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• [Israel] undermines the international community's reaction to global warming.

  Clare Short

  Israel, Community, Global Warming

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• Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied.

  Boris Trajkovski

  Confidence, Community, Identity

  "Man of Vision: Interview with the President Of the Republic of Macedonia Mr. Boris Trajkovski". "Macedonia: A Nation at a Crossroads" by Sam Vaknin, February 12, 2009.

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• The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.

  Norman Jewison

  Community, Important, Tasks

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• Aggressive and irresponsible steps endanger the peace and stability of the world, and the international community feels the need to protect itself from Iran.

  Moshe Katsav

  Iran, Community, Needs

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements.

  Anna Lindh

  Agreement, Iraq, Community

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• AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and imagine our world fall into pieces because we refuse to share and put in the common vestiges of our civilizations.

  Sarah Polley

  Fall, Our World, Civilization

  Interview with Roxanna Bina, www.ifqmag.com.

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• The kindness of strangers and the support of the international community are truly the rays of hope we North Korean people need.

  Lee Hyeon-seo

  Motivation, Kindness, Inspiration

  "Why I fled North Korea" By Hyeonseo Lee, www.cnn.com. April 14, 2013.

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• Afghanistan will, by the grace of God, stand on its own feet in three to four years time. Until then, of course, we need strong support from the international community, including the United States, to stay with us and support us fully.

  Hamid Karzai

  Strong, Years, Feet

  "Afghan leader to U.S.: 'Stay with us'" by Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. February 27, 2003.

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• I call on the international community to be fair to the Iraqi people. My position is that we respect international resolutions but in return demand justice and accountability for those who stole Iraq's money.

  Ahmed Chalabi

  Iraq, People, Justice

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• Imagine the consequences if Saddam fails to comply and we fail to act. Saddam will be emboldened, believing the international community has lost its will. He will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. And some day, some way, I am certain, he will use that arsenal again, as he has ten times since 1983.

  Sandy Berger

  Believe, Mass Destruction, Iraq

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• Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety to their country.

  Jay Rockefeller

  Country, Iraq, Safety

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• There is no sign, not one sign, that the Iraqi regime has any intent to comply fully with the terms of Resolution 1441, just as it has failed to comply with previous U.N. Security Council resolutions. The international community gave Iraq one final opportunity to disarm peacefully, and that opportunity has run its course. Dr. Blix [Chief U.N. Weapons Inspector] told us on Monday that there has been no progress toward credible, verifiable disarmament.

  Richard Armitage

  Running, Monday, Opportunity

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• To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to prove to the international community that the intentions of their nuclear program are peaceful. [...] The question is going to be whether in these discussions they show themselves moving clearly in that direction.

  Barack Obama

  Moving, Issues, Iran

  Obama's Super Tuesday Press conference, whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com. March 6, 2012.

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• Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Iran, Community

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• Dealing with the threat that Secretaries Albright and Cohen have described, the threat from Saddam Hussein, demands constant resolve by the United States and by the international community; and at times, action. As long as he remains in power, we must be prepared to respond firmly to reckless actions that threaten the region and our interests. We've done that successfully over this decade.

  Sandy Berger

  Iraq, Long, Community

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• So, the international community are all the countries that are important: the United States definitely everywhere; the European Union because it is very important, and also, they do show a great deal of international responsibility; and then the local players.

  Lakhdar Brahimi

  Country, Responsibility, Player

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• I am sure the majority of Iranians want a peace agreement with Israel and want Iran to integrate with the international community and accept its universal values.

  Moshe Katsav

  Israel, Agreement, Iran

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Interview with Farnoush Ram, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged 'never again' in the aftermath of the genocide in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda in the 1990s. Yet, we are witnessing today a different type of humanitarian disaster unfolding in Syria and Iraq.

  Park Geun-hye

  Years, Yugoslavia, Iraq

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