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Name:   Jacques Chirac
Title: President of France

Position: CON to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:

"Iraq does not today present an immediate threat warranting an immediate war. France appeals to everyone to act responsibly to ensure the respect of international legality. It appeals to them to maintain the Security Council's unity by staying within the framework set by UNSCR 1441.

To act outside the authority of the United Nations, to prefer the use of force to compliance with the law, would incur a heavy responsibility."

Declaration by Jacques Chirac President of France
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 18, 2003
Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
PhD's, JD's (lawyers), Judges, Members of Congress, Ambassadors, Consulate Generals, heads of government, Cabinet-level positions, military generals/admirals, members of legislative bodies with significant involvement in, or related to, the U.S.- Iraq conflict.

Involvement:
  • President of France, 1995-present
  • Mayor of Paris, 1977-1995

Education: Paris Institute of Political Science
Harvard University, Summer Program

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • Grand-Croix de la Légion d'Honneur
  • Grand-Croix de l'Ordre National du Mérite
  • Croix de la Valeur Militaire
  • Médaille de l'Aéronautique (aerospace industry)
  • Chevalier du Mérite Agricole, des Arts et des Lettres, de l'Etoile Noire, du Mérite Sportif, du Mérite Touristique
  • Grand-croix du Mérite de l'Ordre Souverain de Malte (Grand Cross of the Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta)

Contact Info:
Phone: none listed Fax: none listed
E-Mail:   none listed
Web Site none listed

Other: Select Publications:
  • "La France pour Tous," Nil Editions, 1995
  • "Une nouvelle France, Réflexions 1," Nil Editions, 1994
  • Discours pour la France à l'Heure du Choix, Editions Stock, 1978
  • "La lueur de l'espérance: réflexion du soir pour le matin," Editions La Table Ronde, 1978
  • Thesis at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques: Development of the Port of New Orleans, 1954
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