“If the Iraqis want the sanctions lifted sooner rather than later, then what they have to do is to comply with all the Security Council resolutions which are relevant in this case as quickly as possible. The answer lies in their own hands.”
Christopher Meyer
“Sooner or later everyone is going to see you naked. The longer you wait, the worse you'll look.”
Aaron Hotell
“I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war.”
George Galloway
“that sanctions had to be lifted, and I believe it should be done as quickly as possible, because they have lost their reason to exist.”
Jose Maria Aznar
“not calling for a lifting of sanctions as such, because we cannot. That is not our jurisdiction.”
Carol Bellamy
“We are determined (to carry out) a great jihad to lift the sanctions, ... There is no alternative to this after seven years of patience and cooperation with the United Nations and its committees.”
Taha Yassin Ramadan
“sanctions should be lifted as soon as possible.”
John Negroponte
