Results 1-5 of 5 for iraq speaker:Martin Linton

Palestinian Territories (Settlements) (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Linton: .... The only UN resolutions that unequivocally have the force of international law and can be enforced by sanctions or military action are chapter VII resolutions. It was under chapter VII that Iraq was required to disarm after the Gulf war, and it was under chapter VII that the US invoked war against Iraq. Small wonder that Dore Gold, the former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Iraq (22 May 2006)

Martin Linton: what proportion of UK forces which have served in Iraq have been reserve forces.

Written Answers — International Development: Iraq (2 Mar 2005)

Mr Martin Linton: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in the reconstruction of (a) hospitals and (b) civic and judicial buildings in Iraq since the end of the war in 2003; and if he will make a statement.

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: ...VII, under which it is possible to impose unilateral obligations on countries to abide by resolutions irrespective of what other countries do. That is the chapter under which the resolutions on Iraq were passed, and under which the UN alone can take international action. I have asked my right hon. Friend before now to accept that while the peace process requires action from both Israel and...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr Martin Linton: ...of issues. He has done so for many years, and long before I entered the House. He is quite right: no action was taken in Bosnia, Kosovo or Afghanistan, and there was a failure to take any action in Iraq. Some may argue that the UN would have taken action in Iraq in the end but, after 12 years of inaction, it is difficult to believe that it would have ever got around to it. However, I do...