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UK Prime Minister's New Year message
Friday, 3 January 2003, 4:00 pm | UK Government
UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair: 'A year of challenge'- Iraq, and the prospect of committing UK troops to action if Saddam Hussein continues to flout international law and fails properly to disarm; the mass of intelligence flowing across my desk ... More >>
Health workers to be vaccinated against smallpox
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 9:02 am | UK Government
Small teams of health care workers are to be vaccinated against smallpox as a precaution against any potential outbreak in the UK. In addition a small number of specialist military personnel will be vaccinated. More >>
FCO report on human cost of Saddam's policies
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 9:00 am | UK Government
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has published a report on the human cost of Saddam's policies. The report is based on the testimony of Iraqi exiles, evidence gathered by UN rapporteurs and human rights organisations, and intelligence material. More >>
Downing St. Briefing Monday 2 December
Tuesday, 3 December 2002, 8:49 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Prime Minister would be hosting a tea for nine Iraqi women this afternoon, accompanied by Bakhtiar Amin of the International Alliance for Justice. All the women had had ... More >>
UK PMOs Statements On Kenya Bombing
Monday, 2 December 2002, 10:11 am | UK Government
Asked why the UK hadn't been warned about potential attacks in Kenya when we were supposed to be sharing intelligence information with Australia who had, according to reports, warned its citizens of a possible threat, the PMOS said that we continued ... More >>
'Oil for food' improving life in Iraq
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 9:48 am | UK Government
The Iraqi regime is holding up $2.3bn dollars worth of humanitarian supplies, according to figures provided to the UN Security Council. The figures give lie to Saddam Hussein's propaganda that sanctions are to blame for Iraqi suffering, said Foreign Secretary ... More >>
NATO Summit 'unity in the face of new threats'
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 9:47 am | UK Government
In a statement to Parliament on the recent NATO Summit in Prague, Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the event reflected the 'extraordinary changes' in the global security environment 'in which all nations now operate'. More >>
UK Prime Minister's Press Conference - 25 Nov.
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 9:46 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, brought forward his monthly press conference to allow journalists to ask questions on a range of issues, most notably the fire strike. More >>
NATO Summit 21-22 November - Fact Sheet Q&A
Monday, 25 November 2002, 10:16 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) have met in Prague to decide on the Alliance's future roles and tasks. Here we answer some of your questions about the Summit and NATO itself. More >>
Unanimous support for Iraq resolution at NATO
Monday, 25 November 2002, 10:15 am | UK Government
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said that NATO had reached 'a unanimous statement agreed in respect of Iraq, giving full backing to the United Nations and to resolution 1441'. More >>
Saddam's 'final opportunity to comply'
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 9:38 am | UK Government
Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has warned Saddam Hussein that Iraq has a 'final opportunity to comply with international law' as weapon inspectors return to Iraq. More >>
PM speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet - 11/11
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 11:50 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Saddam Hussein not to defy the United Nations and disarm voluntarily or be 'disarmed by force'. Mr Blair was speaking at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, where he also outlined the new threats facing the world today and ... More >>
Downing St Briefing 11 November
Tuesday, 12 November 2002, 8:47 am | UK Government
Briefing from the Prime Minister's Official Spokesman on: Paul Burrell/Royal Family, Queen's Speech, Fire Dispute, War on Terror and Pensions Protest. More >>
Downing St Iraq Briefings 5-6 November
Thursday, 7 November 2002, 1:30 pm | UK Government
Asked if we were expecting a revised text of a new UN Security Council Resolution this afternoon and whether we saw this as the last chance to achieve what we wanted, the PMOS said that as he understood it, a meeting of the Permanent Five members of ... More >>
A tough new resolution on Iraq - Jack Straw IV
Wednesday, 6 November 2002, 8:28 am | UK Government
In a radio interview the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, reaffirmed that the overwhelming preference of both the UK and the US was for a peaceful resolution to the problem of Saddam Hussein and his weapons programme. More >>
Tuesday 5 November morning press briefing
Wednesday, 6 November 2002, 8:19 am | UK Government
Asked for an update on discussions to agree a new UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq, the PMOS said that discussions were continuing at the UN. As the Prime Minister had said yesterday, we were at or near the point of decision. Obviously we wanted ... More >>
Tony Blair Press Conference - Butler & Queen
Tuesday, 5 November 2002, 3:35 pm | UK Government
Prime Minister, are you ... any changes at all in the relationship between The Queen and the courts, and in particular this question of whether all prosecutions should be brought in the name of The Queen, and do you agree that this has made this particular ... More >>
31 October afternoon government press briefing
Monday, 4 November 2002, 9:28 am | UK Government
Asked who would judge whether Iraq was complying with the new UN Resolution were such a Resolution to be reached, the PMOS said that it would be for UNMOVIC and IAEA to report to the UN Security Council. More >>
The Disarmament of Saddam Hussein's WMDs
Thursday, 31 October 2002, 11:36 am | UK Government
In an radio interview, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw has made clear on Iraq 'that the United States does not want a war if it can possibly be avoided and they're in the same position as is the United Kingdom Government'. More >>
Wednesday 30 October Downing St Briefing
Thursday, 31 October 2002, 11:34 am | UK Government
Asked for a reaction to Martin McGuinness's declaration in a TV documentary that 'the war was over', the PMOS said that since the Prime Minister's speech in Northern Ireland two weeks ago, there had been a number of 'straws in the wind' which we felt ... More >>
