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If we are addressing the issue of weapons of mass destruction, we need to send a uniform, consistent message that there is zero tolerance to any country who is developing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea included.

Mohamed ElBaradei

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Mohamed ElBaradei
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 17
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Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei
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Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.
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The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.
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I have a lot of interests in global issues, as you know, humanity, inequity, arms control, and I continue to be active on all these issues.
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Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.
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I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.
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