Presidents & Prime Ministers articles from March 1996

Presidents & Prime Ministers archives from March 1996

European security. (United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major)(Transcript)
March 1, 1996... It is rare for a British Prime Minister to address a fellow British politician as Mr. President. So I offer my congratulations to my friend and parliamentary colleague, Sir Dudley Smith. It is equally rare for a Prime Minister - of any...

Transatlantic partnership. (United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind)(Transcript)
March 1, 1996... Introduction My focus today is the future transatlantic economic agenda... It was Alec Douglas-Home who said: "There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible." ...

Indian budget: 1996-97.(Transcript)
March 1, 1996... ... Five years ago, the people of India gave a mandate to our Party, under the courageous and far sighted leadership of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao. We took office at a time when the economy was on the brink of collapse. Inflation was out...

International security. (Michael Portillo, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom)(Transcript)
March 1, 1996... People often start discussions of international security with a roll-call of the recent historic changes. The demise of the Soviet Union. The triumph of liberal democracy over totalitarian communism. And the optimistically named so-called new...

Japan policy. (Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan)(Transcript)
March 1, 1996... Having been designated Prime Minister at the previous session of the Diet, I am keenly aware of the grave responsibilities entailed in taking the helm of government at this crucial period as we enter a time of major changes at home and...