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Jack Straw

Jack Strawis the Labour Party’s minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom.

19 articles

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“ Darfur: Stop the killing, or pay the price”

by Jack Straw

10 March 2006

The Darfur crisis has already claimed between 70,000 and 400,000 lives. It can only be solved through a political accord that targets the cause of the conflict and that is supposed to be the objective of those gathered in Abuja, Nigeria. The United Kingdom supports the peace process and it has (…)

“Iran: restoring trust”

by Jack Straw, Javier Solana , Joschka Fischer , Philippe Douste-Blazy, Luis David Obando López

26 October 2005

All governments agree that it’s necessary to put an end to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. To respect the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an obligation. Two years ago, Iran recognized before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it was creating the infrastructure for the (…)

“Shift Europe’s boundary”

by Jack Straw

16 September 2005

Twenty-two months ago, I was in Istanbul when Al Qaeda’s attacks took place. I was with the British Ambassador and Abdullah Gül. I was able to see from people’s reaction in the city that Istanbul was an European city. I often remember that day as I work on the Turkish accession. As October 3 (…)