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LONDON — The eyes of the world are focused on the U.N. in New York this week in an amazing turnabout in international politics. We could have been in the midst of a Middle East war with the U.S. and France having attacked Syria, triggering resumed fighting across the border of southern Lebanon and Israel. Instead, the U.N. is …
Speaking on LBC Lord David Owen former Foreign Secretary demanded that “The UK Government table a resolution in the Security Council this weekend for an urgent debate on the immediate removal of all chemical weapons from Syria under UN inspection teams with representatives on those teams from the five permanent members.”
“Let us see whether China would veto such a resolution, whether Russia …
On Thursday in St Petersburg world leaders have an opportunity to break the deadlock in the Security Council over Syria between the Permanent Five, China, France, the UK, the US and Russia. The voice in the margins of the G20 meeting that needs to be heard on Syria, above all, is that of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. …
Lord Owen states that diplomatic options on Syria must be pursued first. The world needs to know beyond doubt who has used the gas in Syria and we must await the UN inspector’s report. Are the US and UK correct in asserting the chemical weapons were used by the Assad regime or is there credence in the Russian claim that it was used by …
A diplomatic war should be waged first in the Security Council in New York before the House of Commons endorses any British Tomahawk cruise missiles being launched against targets in Syria.
Chemical weapons are classified as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and there is an International Convention on Chemical Weapons which came into effect in 1997. Today 189 countries are …
I’m wholly in favour of making it look like we are willing to act on this gas attack but this can only be brought to an end with Russia on board.
My instinct is that we may need to do something. Frankly, the Russians have to understand that we are going to do something. I’m wholly in favour of making it look …
Cathy Newman asks Lord Owen what action should be taken over the Syrian conflict
To view the full interview with Lord Owen please click here…
When Hamas won fair elections in the West Bank and Gaza, the EU made a great mistake in brushing the results aside and refusing recognition. Unless we are very careful we will make the same mistake again over the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
It was very good that EU High Representative on Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton visited President Morsi in Cairo: this …
