Fighting pre-emptive and unilateral wars based on false claims is a religious issue (a fact not changed by the capture of Saddam Hussein).

As he spoke, outside the center thousands of Americans from all walks of life peacefully demonstrated their opposition to unilateral war with Iraq.

"We consider the vote to be very inopportune given this unilateral war that has violated human rights," Reuters quoted him as saying.

In early 2003, a few die-hard fans of multilateralism asked why America was launching an essentially unilateral war.

There is a unilateral war, unilateral attacks by the Israelis against the Palestinian people.

What we do not need, however, is to go down the road leading to unilateral war.

We are looking for allies among the American people, the majority of whom are not in favour of a unilateral war.

I am saying no to unilateral war.

Looking at things from this angle, the European Union must do everything possible to avert a unilateral war of aggression.

That authority has been shaken and weakened partly by the theory and practice of preventive and unilateral war.