„Nach unserer Auffassung sowie gemäß der UNO-Charta war dieser Krieg illegal.“
in einem BBC-Interview, auf die Frage, ob die Irak-Invasion illegal gewesen sei, zitiert nach: spiegel.de http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,318253,00.html, 16. Sept. 2004
When pressed on whether he viewed the invasion of Iraq as illegal, he said: "Yes, if you wish. I have indicated it was not in conformity with the UN charter from our point of view, from the charter point of view, it was illegal." - BBC-News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3661134.stm vom 16. Sept. 2004