"Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook" was a British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston (UK Parliament constituency)/Livingston from United Kingdom general election, 1983/1983 until his death, and served in Blair ministry/the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs/Foreign Secretary from United Kingdom general election, 1997/1997 to United Kingdom general election, 2001/2001.

He studied at the University of Edinburgh before becoming a Member of Parliament for Edinburgh Central (Scottish Parliament constituency)/Edinburgh Central in 1974. In parliament of the united kingdom/parliament he was noted for his debating ability which saw his rise through the political ranks and ultimately to Blair ministry/the Cabinet.

He resignation/resigned from his positions as Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons on 17 March 2003 in protest against the 2003 invasion of Iraq/invasion of Iraq. At the time of his death, he was President of the Foreign Policy Centre and a vice-president of the America All Party Parliamentary Group and the Global Security and Non-Proliferation All Party Parliamentary Group.

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We are making sure that every possible pressure is brought to bear on President Mugabe, ... There has to be an end to the occupations and a start to elections.

We are only going to commit ground troops if there is a commitment to a political process. Nobody is going to commit ground troops in the context of a continuing war and a crumbling cease-fire.

How to bring home to President Milosevic the need for an immediate end to repressive action.

The first week of freedom for Kosovo.

I warmly welcome the news that the meeting in Rome has agreed (to) the terms of a statute to establish the International Criminal Court.

The killing must stop.

It's very important that we all send Saddam Hussein a message that is resolute, is firm and is united, ... He must be firmly told that he is not going to be permitted to continue to build weapons of mass destruction, particularly biological and chemical weapons.

It makes me very angry and also at the same time very sad that anybody should carry out such a violent attack with no possible gain from it and only suffering to the individual and his family.

I welcome any move which helps bring Milosevic to justice, ... It is vital that Milosevic answers these charges.