5 Quotes & Sayings By Hans Blix

Hans Blix is a Swedish diplomat and scientist. From 1974 to 1981 he was the UN's chief weapons inspector in Iraq, and from 1991 to 2001 was the United Nations' weapons inspector in Iraq. He was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations Disarmament Commission in 1973. In 1993, Hans Blix was appointed UN Special Advisor on Iraq and he served as such until 1994, when he was succeeded by his deputy, Hans Blix Read more

He was the first chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from its creation in 1957 until his retirement in 1972.

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Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if the nuclear-weapon states could show that their requests are part of a broader effort to lead the world, including themselves, toward nuclear disarmament. Preventing further proliferation is essential, but it is not a recipe for success to preach to the rest of the world to stay away from the very weapons that nuclear states claim are indispensable to their own security. Hans Blix
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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 Blix
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I also hear your president say that war is the means of last resort and I think he means that. I met him last autumn and he assured me that they wanted to come through and disarm Iraq by peaceful means, and that's what we are trying to do as hard as we can. Hans Blix
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. Hans Blix