Mark Gwozdecky Quotes (12 Quotes)

The findings refer to material and documents of the pre-1991 Iraqi nuclear weapons program that have been well known to the agency.

far better option to wait a little bit longer than to resort to war.

We've not received any such notification since the war, ... Until we learn from either Iraq or any country that might have received or have knowledge about where this material went, we have a concern on our hands.

their official business is complete now.

They have begun breaking the seals. They are going to break all the seals and begin operating the plant in full.

It's a far better option to wait a little bit longer than to resort to war. We've only been there for seven weeks now. We're making progress. We're getting access to the sites that we need. Frankly, the longer that we're there, the more likely we are to detect something that might be illegally proceeding or to deter the Iraqis from reconstituting any capability that they might have.

We need to answer the question, 'Where did this material go'

I think this is a concern, but ultimately the bigger question for us and the global community is how to normalize a relationship with Iran that's been strained for almost 25 years.

We are moving from an information-gathering phase to a more probing, investigative phase.

Those centrifuges and that whole question of suspension was part of a deal between the Europeans and Iran to help to build confidence -- to suspend the program while diplomacy could act and hopefully build confidence in the international community of Iran's intentions,

(Iran's) obligation (to the IAEA) is to ensure inspections occur and that all of their programs are monitored, but not necessarily suspended.

He makes it very clear that he is a top UN official who represents the international community.