Edited text of US-UK resolution presented to the UN
May 25: Extracts from the UN resolution proposed by the US and Britain on the future of Iraq after June 30 2004.
25.05.04: Full text of the draft UN resolution on an interim government for Iraq

Treatment of Iraqi prisoners
May 11 2004: International Committee of the Red Cross report leaked to the Wall Street Journal. (pdf)

Killings of civilians in Basra and al-'Amara
May 11: Amnesty International report.

Weapons inspector David Kay's congressional testimony (1)
October 03: Thank you, Mr Chairman. I welcome this opportunity to discuss with the Committee the progress that the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) has made in its initial three months of its investigation into Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) programs.

Weapons inspector David Kay's congressional testimony (2)
October 03: According to documents and testimony of Iraqi scientists, some of the key technical groups from the pre-1991 nuclear weapons program remained largely intact, performing work on nuclear-relevant dual-use technologies within the Military Industrial Commission (MIC).

Amnesty International memorandum
July 23: The full text of Amnesty's "concerns and recommendations relating to law and order legislation and practices by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the Coalition Forces in Iraq".

Draft of new UN resolution on Iraq
May 9: Text of a draft resolution to be presented to the Security Council by the US, Britain and Spain, calling for the lifting of sanctions and the ending of the oil-for-food programme.

EU declaration on Iraq
April 17: Here is the text of a declaration on Iraq drafted by the 15 European Union leaders at their summit in Athens today.

13-point statement on a democratic Iraq
April 16: Read the full text of the statement agreed at the end of the first day of talks steering Iraq towards a democratic future.

Blair's open letter to Iraq
April 4: The full text of the message from the prime minister, Tony Blair, to be distributed as a leaflet by British troops in Iraq.

Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
Full text of international agreement.

UK government's emergency motion on Iraq
March 18: The government's motion for today's emergency Iraq debate, tabled by the prime minister, Tony Blair; the deputy prime minister, John Prescott; the chancellor, Gordon Brown; the foreign secretary, Jack Straw; and the defence secretary, Geoff Hoon.

US plan to bug Security Council
March 2: The text of the memorandum detailing the US plan to bug the phones and emails of key Security Council members, revealed in the Observer.

Battle of the rival texts
Feburary 25: Edited extracts from the US-UK draft resolution and the French, German, Russian memorandum.

'Saddam Hussein: crimes and human rights abuses'
December 2 2002: UK government dossier on Iraq's human rights abuses. (pdf)

'Iraq's weapons of mass destruction'
September 24 2002: Full text of the UK government's dossier on Iraq's military capability. (pdf)

'Iraq - its infrastructure of concealment'
February 7: UK government dossier on Iraq (pdf).

UN security council resolution 1441 on Iraq
November 8 2002: 'The security council ... decides that Iraq has been and remains in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, including resolution 687 (1991), in particular through Iraq's failure to cooperate with United Nations inspectors and the IAEA ...'
08.11.02: Tony Blair's response to passing of UN resolution 1441

Saddam Hussein: crimes and human rights abuses
December 2 2002: UK government dossier on human rights abuses in Iraq (pdf).

UK government dossier on Iraq's military capability (pdf)
September 24 2002: Iraq's weapons of mass destruction: the assessment of the British government.
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24.09.02: Tony Blair's foreword to the dossier on Iraq
24.09.02: Tony Blair's statement on the recall of parliament

'We will persevere'
May 25 2004: George Bush sets out the US's role in Iraq after the handover.

'I don't plan on losing my job'
April 14: Full text of George Bush's prime-time news conference.

Full text: Tony Blair's speech to the US Congress
July 18: Thank you. Mr Speaker and Mr Vice-President, honorable members of Congress, I'm deeply touched by that warm and generous welcome. That's more than I deserve and more than I'm used to, quite frankly.

The decision to go to war in Iraq
July 7: Full text of the British parliament's foreign affairs seclect committee report.
08.07.03: Edited version of the foreign affairs committee report
07.07.03: WMD report at a glance

Full text: Blair's speech in Iraq
May 29: The prime minister's address to British troops in Basra.

Full text: Donald Rumsfeld's speech
May 28: Speech by US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, in New York on Tuesday May 27 2003.

George Bush's speech on USS Abraham Lincoln
May 1: George Bush today delivered a televised address from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. Here is the text of his speech.
In pictures: George Bush visits USS Abraham Lincoln

Donald Rumsfeld's address to the Iraqi people
April 30: The US defence secretary visited Iraq today. This is the text of an address he recorded in Baghdad and which is to be broadcast across Iraq on US-run television and radio frequencies.

George Bush's address on Towards Freedom TV
April 10: Full text of the the address recorded by George Bush for Towards Freedom TV, to be be broadcast to the Iraqi people.
Tony Blair's address on Towards Freedom TV

Excerpts from Saddam Hussein's speech
April 4: This is a Reuters translation of excerpts from Saddam Hussein's message read out on television by the information minister, Mohamed Saeed al-Sahaf.

Full text of Jack Straw's speech
April 1: Speech by the foreing secretary, Jack Straw, to the Newspaper Society annual Conference.

Saddam Hussein's message
April 1: The full text of a speech apparently from Saddam Hussein but read out by the Iraqi information minister, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf.

Colin Powell's speech
March 31: The US secretary of state made this speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference in Washington yesterday.

Full text: George Bush's address at the Pentagon
March 25: The following is the text of the American president's briefing on the supplemental wartime budget at the Pentagon.

Saddam Hussein's address on state television
March 24: 'The enemy is trapped in the sacred land of Iraq'.

Tony Blair's TV address on British troop involvement in Iraq
March 20: 'Britain has never been a nation to hide at the back'.

George Bush's TV address on the start of war
March 20: The US president speaks to the nation as bombing of Baghdad begins.

George Bush's speech
March 18: The US president's war ultimatum speech from the Cross Hall in the White House.

Clare Short's statement
March 18: Text of a statement issued by the international development secretary, Clare Short, explaining why she was not quitting her post.

Blair, Bush and Aznar in the Azores
March 16:: Press conference given by US president George Bush, British prime minister Tony Blair, Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar and Portugal's prime minister Jose Durao Barroso.

Joint declaration by France, Russia and Germany
March 6: Joint declaration on Iraqi weapons inspections by the foreign ministers of France, Russia and Germany.

George Bush's speech on the future of Iraq
February 26: US president's address to the American Enterprise Institute.

Jack Straw's speech on Iraq
February 21: The foreign secretary's speech to Chatham House.

Hans Blix's briefing to the security council
Feburary 14: The chief weapons inspector's speech to the UN security council.
14.02.03: Mohamed El Baradei's report to the UN security council

Jack Straw's speech on Saddam Hussein
February 11: Weapons of mass destruction have been a central pillar of Saddam's dictatorship since the 1980s.

Colin Powell's address to the UN security council
February 5: 'This is an important day for us all as we review the situation with respect to Iraq and its disarmament obligations under UN security council resolution 1441.'
Colin Powell's speech - part 2
Colin Powell's speech - part 3
05.02.02: Jack Straw's response to Colin Powell

Tony Benn's interview with Saddam Hussein
February 5: This is the full text of the interview between Tony Benn and Saddam Hussein, recorded at one of the presidential palaces in Baghdad at the weekend and broadcast on Channel 4 News.

Saddam Hussein's speech
January 17: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Saddam Hussein's speech - part 2

Full text: Tony Blair's speech
January 7: The prime minister's address to British ambassadors in London.

Jack Straw's speech
January 6: Strategic priorities for British foreign policy.

Full text: Saddam Hussein's speech
January 6: Televised address by the Iraqi president to mark the 82nd anniversary of the establishment of the country's army.

Colin Powell's statement on Iraq's weapons declaration
December 20 2002: 'Our experts have found it to be anything but currently accurate, full or complete. The Iraqi declaration may use the language of resolution 1441, but it totally fails to meet the resolution's requirements.'

Tony Blair's address to Lord Mayor's Banquet
November 11 2002: Prime minister's address to the Lord Mayor's Banquet

Full text of Tony Blair's TUC address
September 10 2002: Tony Blair's speech to the TUC in Blackpool.

Full text of Dick Cheney's speech
August 27 2002: The US vice president, Dick Cheney, delivered this speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Full text of Tony Blair's speech in Texas
April 8 2002: The prime minister's speech at the George Bush Senior Presidential Library.

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