Hoop Scheffer Quotations

He did not mention it. It's more use for us to send engineers with road-clearing and snow-moving equipment - because it will be winter soon - than that sort of operation, which, to my knowledge, Pakistan has not requested.

NATO is not a humanitarian organization. NATO is playing its role within the framework of what it is,

It is a dangerous mission, but NATO cannot afford to fail. Realism demands that there will be more incidents, there will be more casualties, but NATO will stand firm.

Belarus was one of the issues discussed where Russia and the alliance are quite far apart.

This tragedy was the direct result of terrorism; hundreds of innocent people, mostly women and children, have died because of the fear and panic that terrorists are sowing in Iraq,

This is an awfully difficult subject. The notion of national sovereignty is very strong. To go after civilian airlines with passengers on them, we'll defer on that.

The NATO-Russia council has become an effective forum for ... practical cooperation,

I know I speak on behalf of all NATO allies when I express our sympathy for and solidarity with the British people,

It is unprecedented. NATO is not a humanitarian relief organization, but the situation is so serious.