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PM: 'Let Saddam comply with the will of the UN'
Wednesday, 2 October 2002, 9:15 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister today (1 October) called for the Iraqi regime to comply with the 'will of the UN'. More >>
Census 2001: UK Population is 58,789,194
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 10:45 am | UK Government
The population of the United Kingdom on Census Day 2001 was 58,789,194. The population has grown by 17 per cent overall since 1951. More >>
Comment on Countryside Alliance's ten point agenda
Thursday, 26 September 2002, 12:38 am | UK Government
Rural Affairs Minister, Alun Michael, has commented on the Countryside Alliance's ten-point agenda saying the document raises ten issues which are very clearly at the heart of government policies and priorities. Mr Michael called on the Alliance ... More >>
PM Tony Blair's Iraq statement to Parliament
Wednesday, 25 September 2002, 11:08 am | UK Government
In a statement to Parliament concerning Iraq the Prime Minister Tony Blair said: 'And if people say: why should Britain care? I answer: because there is no way that this man, in this region above all regions, could begin a conflict using such weapons ... More >>
Iraq’s Weapons Of Mass Destruction – Full Report
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 9:06 pm | UK Government
Part 1 : Iraq’s Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programmes 9 Chapter 1 : The role of intelligence 9 Chapter 2 : Iraq’s programmes 1971–1998 11 Chapter 3 : The current position 1998–2002 17 More >>
Monday 23 September Downing St. lobby briefing
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 10:55 am | UK Government
The Prime Minister's Official Spokesman (PMOS) advised journalists that the Prime Minister had spoken to Chancellor Schroeder late last night. The Prime Minister welcomed the result of the German General Election and looked forward to continuing his very ... More >>
Straw on the siege of President Arafat's HQ
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 10:55 am | UK Government
The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, has expressed his deep concern at the continuing deployment of Israeli troops in Ramallah. He said: 'This blockade and the damage to President Arafat's compound is not justified. I urge an early end to this action.' More >>
International consensus to keep oil prices stable
Tuesday, 24 September 2002, 10:54 am | UK Government
The decision to maintain oil production quotas at their current levels at an OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting in Osaka has been praised by UK Energy Minister Brian Wilson. The Minister said there is the 'strongest ever ... More >>
Weapons inspections must take place without games
Monday, 23 September 2002, 10:31 am | UK Government
In a doorstep interview, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said 'what is crucial is that the international community, through the Security Council, makes it clear to Iraq that weapons inspections must take place without conditions, without delays, ... More >>
Straw responds to Iraqi Foreign Minister's speech
Monday, 23 September 2002, 10:30 am | UK Government
In response to the Iraqi Foreign Minister's speech at the United Nations on 19 September, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said that Iraq telling the United Nations it has no weapons of mass destruction was a 'blatant untruth'. More >>
Monday 16 September Downing Street lobby briefing
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 11:31 am | UK Government
The PMOS told journalists that that the Prime Minister had seen Bruce George, Chairman of the Defence Committee, this morning as part of the series of meetings he was holding with Commons figures. He would see Ann Taylor, Chair of the Intelligence Committee, ... More >>
Iraqi offer to re-admit weapons inspectors - Straw
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 11:28 am | UK Government
In light of Iraq's decision to re-admit UN weapons inspectors, the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, said that the offer has come as a result of 'the determination of the international community to stand firm against Saddam Hussein's threat'. He continued, ... More >>
Straw: 'A clear hard choice about Iraq'
Wednesday, 18 September 2002, 11:27 am | UK Government
In a television interview on 15 September, the Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that the purpose of the United Nations resolutions to be tabled on Iraq will be, 'the readmission of the weapons inspectors without condition and without restriction ... More >>
Co-operation in the fight against terrorism vital
Monday, 16 September 2002, 10:18 am | UK Government
The Home Secretary David Blunkett has underlined the importance of international co-operation in the fight against terrorism. Mr Blunkett stressed that 'the threat of terrorism does not respect borders, nor is any individual state immune'. More >>
One Year On - A UK Perspective - Defence Secretary
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 9:01 am | UK Government
The Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, has given a speech on the implications of September 11 and on the current situation with Iraq. Mr Hoon warned that 'the dangers of Weapons of Mass Destruction are at their most acute when they are combined with fanaticism ... More >>
PM's speech to TUC conference in Blackpool
Wednesday, 11 September 2002, 8:59 am | UK Government
Prime Minister: 'Saddam Hussein is a threat that has to be dealt with' In a speech to the TUC Conference, the Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Iraq under Saddam Hussein is 'unrivalled as the world's worst regime: brutal, dictatorial, with a wretched ... More >>
The UK And The Campaign Against Terrorism - Report
Tuesday, 10 September 2002, 9:38 am | UK Government
On 11 September 2001 Al Qa’ida terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft in the United States. The terrorists flew two of these aircraft into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, killing over 2,800 people, and the third into ... More >>
Downing Street Lobby Briefing 9 Sept - Iraq
Tuesday, 10 September 2002, 9:33 am | UK Government
Asked for Downing Street's view on the IISS report, the PMOS said that the report really spoke for itself. This was clearly a very serious piece of work. As we had said over the weekend, it had been produced without any access to intelligence material. ... More >>
Jack Straw Speech On State Failure
Monday, 9 September 2002, 11:57 am | UK Government
The Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, has given a speech in which he expressed his belief 'that preventing states from failing and resuscitating those that fail is one of the strategic imperatives of our times'. 'State failure', he said, 'can no longer ... More >>
Bush And Blair Talk War With Iraq After Meeting
Monday, 9 September 2002, 12:44 am | UK Government
Speaking to journalists prior to talks with President Bush in America, the Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass distruction is 'an issue we have to deal with'. He added that 'the UN has got to ... More >>
