The Law Must Have The Last Word.

Sovereignty Is A Question Of Principle. We Must Tell The Iraqis: You Are A Sovereign People. And You Are In Charge Of Your Own Future.

The European Union And Russia Have An Identical Viewpoint. We Have Condemned Any Potential Revision Of The Abm Treaty, Believing That Such A Revision Will Involve A Risk Of Proliferation That Will Be Very Dangerous For The Future.

It Is With Enormous Distress That France Has Just Learned Of The Monstrous Attacks There Is No Other Word For It That Have Just Struck The United States Of America. In These Horrifying Circumstances, The Entire People Of France, And I Want To Emphasize This, Stand By The People Of America. They Express Their Friendship And Solidarity In This Tragedy. Naturally, I Want To Assure President Bush Of My Total Support. France, As You Know, Has Always Condemned And Unreservedly Condemns Terrorism, And Considers That Terrorism Must Be Combated By All Possible Means.

What Is At Stake Is How To Answer The Potential Threat Iraq Represents With The Risk Of Proliferation Of Wmd. Baghdad's Regime Did Use Such Weapons In The Past. Today, A Number Of Evidences May Lead To Think That, Over The Past Four Years, In The Absence Of International Inspectors, This Country Has Continued Armament Programs.

Terrorism Takes Us Back To Ages We Thought Were Long Gone If We Allow It A Free Hand To Corrupt Democratic Societies And Destroy The Basic Rules Of International Life.