Mohamed ElBaradei Quotes

Sanctions are a bad idea. We are not facing an imminent threat. We need to lower the pitch.

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It also makes it very clear that should any serious failures come to light in the future, these will be taken by the board with the seriousness that it deserves.

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I also call on Iran not to take any unilateral action that could undermine the agency inspection process at a time when the agency is making steady progress in resolving outstanding issues.

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I do hope we can avoid sanctions and escalation. Sanctions will hurt everybody ... Iran will retaliate and I hope very much we can avoid that.

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I'm going to report that we have completed our work with regard to verification of the suspension with one exception, the request by Iran to exempt 20 centrifuges for (research and development) without using nuclear material.

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It is essential that we take steps to eliminate both access to and production of material for nuclear weapons.

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We need to bite the bullet and see how we can move beyond nuclear weapons deterrence, and I think that we have not done that yet.

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In areas where disputes have not been solved for decades like the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean peninsula, we see attempts to acquire nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction to overcome the feeling of insecurity or for wider influence, regrettably the steps of the (other) nuclear powers.

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The current challenges to international peace and security, including those related to nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear arms control, cannot be wished away. It is urgent and indispensable that we continue to build a global security system that is both equitable and inclusive.

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I hope we will find some way to go out from this situation.

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Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don't think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.

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But luckily, I think, we are here when they have not developed a full-fledged capability and luckily also they have announced that they are ready to eliminate all programs relevant to weapons of mass destruction, which I think is a very good step in the right direction.

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Iraq should understand that if we continue to report that there are open questions and we cannot exclude the possibility that they still have some weapons of mass destruction, that will not satisfy the Security Council.

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I urge all parties to use this opportunity to create the necessary conditions to return to negotiations.

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The envelope has expanded dramatically and the responsibilities have become greater, ... and I have had to adjust my role. We can make the difference between war and peace.

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It is unacceptable, frankly, from my perspective to see conflict going on for 60, 70 years.

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We discussed this issue with Iraqi officials, and we told them that this declaration should be comprehensive, concise and clear, as the Security Council mentions, and it should include all factors that the Security Council demanded.

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We still have time to negotiate, we still have time for diplomacy, because there are still a number of issues that have not been clarified, that created a lack of confidence.

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Not only that they have taken the cameras and surveillance verification monitoring equipment from the power reactor where they supposedly want to produce electricity, but they continue to take all the equipment from the spent fuel and the reprocessing plant which would enable them, if they restart the program, to make plutonium in pretty few months and that's pretty disturbing trend.

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I work on facts. We fortunately were proven right in Iraq, we were the only ones that said at the time that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons, and I hope this time people will listen to us.

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The message ... coming from the Security Council is that time is very critical, ... and that we need to show progress in our report, which will be due on the 14th of this month.

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an opportunity to attempt to recover the explosives.

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As the talks proceed, the relevant parties are required to take into view the security, political and economic consequences of their discussions.

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It clearly strengthens my hand in fulfilling our task in ensuring Iran's program is exclusively for peaceful purposes.

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We have seen issues in Iran that we need to understand before we can say that we are satisfied that all activities in Iran are exclusively for peaceful purposes.

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