Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Quotes

If you're going to be involved in Syria, then you need to make sure that there really is peace in Syria. And that means making sure that President Assad does not use chemical weapons on his own people.

Do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria.

To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.

If President Bush is serious about genocide, an immediate priority is to stop the cancer of Darfur from spreading further, which means working with France to shore up Chad and the Central African Republic.

We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence.

One war at a time.

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

Middle Eastern wars rarely end with outright victory and permanent stability, so the word 'settlement' may promise too much. At best, for many years, it may simply mean stable ceasefire lines, reduced bloodshed, fewer refugees, and less terrorism.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.

It was wrenching to read about the brutality of Assad every morning, to see images of family homes reduced to rubble. I felt we had to do something in Syria.

There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers.

Regarding Syria, we already call for dialogue between Syria and all parties concerned, in order to avoid any kind of escalation in the region which may expose the whole area to chaos.

Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

I started, actually, as an analyst on African affairs, mainly on Al Jazeera. I remember the first few series were about Saudi students, and the negotiations between the government and the Sudanese rebels in the south. And then, slowly, I was speaking about Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and a few other places.

We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created.

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.