"In cases of great, overwhelming humanitarian need, then nations are able to act under international law, even without a resolution of the security council," he said.
Last week NIST took the unusual – and unprecedented – step of "strongly" recommending against the use of one of its own encryption standards "pending the resolution of the security concerns" that had been raised by the publication.
— Steadily lengthening delays in the resolution of Social Security disability claims have left hundreds of thousands of people in a kind of purgatory, now waiting as long as three years for a decision.
Last week Germany asked that the 40-year-old Tihange 2 and Doel 3 reactors be turned off "until the resolution of outstanding security issues", which Belgium rejected, saying the plants were subject to "the strictest possible safety requirements".
"Greece will continue to pursue negotiations in good faith to reach a mutually acceptable solution on the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, within the spirit and letter of the relevant resolutions of the security council and the general assembly of the United Nations," a statement said.
He indicated that while the "cleanest and simplest" way of securing a legal basis for a no-fly zone would be a resolution of the United Nations security council, it was not necessarily essential.
The two leaders pointed to the upcoming resolution of a new security protocol between Australia and Indonesia – a protocol sought by Indonesia after Guardian Australia's revelations that in 2009, Australian intelligence attempted to listen in to the mobile phone of the president, his wife and their inner circle.
I agree with you in that the resolution of the problem of security on an international basis cannot wait.
Both Mr Blair and the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, claim that Saddam Hussein was in breach of security council resolution 1441 passed late in 2002, and of previous resolutions calling on him to give up weapons of mass destruction.
