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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton: “Given Assad’s history of overpromising and under-delivering, that commitment must now be matched by immediate action … we will judge Assad’s sincerity and seriousness by what he does, not by what he says. If he is ready to bring this dark chapter in Syria’s history to a close, he could prove it by immediately ordering regime forces to stop firing and begin withdrawing from populated areas.”
From the Times of Israel
US President Barack Obama: “It would not take much, just a handful or so of these [nuclear] materials, to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people and that’s not an exaggeration, that’s the reality that we face. The security of the world depends on the actions that we take.”
Source: BBC Online
“There is the possibility of a diplomatic resolution that gives Iran access to peaceful nuclear energy while addressing the concerns of the international community. Today, I’ll meet with the leaders of Russia and China as we work to achieve a resolution in which Iran fulfills its obligations. Iran must act with the seriousness and sense of urgency that this moment demands.”
US Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council Eileen Chamberlain: “The United States continues to be deeply troubled by this Council’s biased and disproportionate focus on Israel, as exemplified by the creation of another one-sided United Nations mechanism related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
From the Jerusalem Post
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad: “It’s time for criminals to stop using the Palestinian cause to justify their terrorist actions… The children of Palestine want nothing but dignified lives for themselves and for all the children.”
Source: Guardian
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe: “The blood of both of our nations was spilled in this murder.”