Box 2.5 Excerpt from a Speech by US Senator Al Gore on 19 September 1991

'...finally, we have to get much tougher about exposing the foreign suppliers that Iraq used to acquire nuclear, chemical and biological facilities in the first place. If this means deeply embarrassing certain friendly governments, so be it. Otherwise, nothing will change.

There are other examples, but I would like to draw attention to the Swiss, who have benefited enormously from the security we have provided in Europe for the last 50 years. Switzerland has become a well-known haven for arms dealers and proliferators. Its Government values the security and tranquility of its own people, but in this area its contribution to the security of other people in the world is substantially negative. It is time for the Swiss to live up to their image of clean rectitude. Other countries may feel pinched by that same shoe. So be it.'

Source: New York Times, 26 September 1991, page A15.