For some twenty years the window that opened at the end of the Cold War has been allowed to hang flapping in the wind. It is high time that the five nuclear-weapon states take seriously their commitment to negotiate toward nuclear disarmament.
Hans BlixLike I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
Hans BlixUnlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its disarmament, Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance - not even today - of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace.
Hans BlixTo me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war...I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict.
Hans Blix