On 3 April 1999, talking about the massive number of refugees, Blair said the aim was not to repatriate them to the West, but to "get them back to Kosovo where they want to be. Our commitment to those people is total, but what they actually want is to go home and to live there in peace. This time we have to make sure those people from Kosovo get back to where they want to live."

British Prime Minister Tony Blair to Sky News television 3 April 1999
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Bergen hotelsOn 6 May 1999 US President Clinton to pledged Bosnian refugees "you will go home again in safety and in freedom". He added: "When you have gone through something as awful as this, it is very easy to have your spirit broken, to spend the rest of your life obsessed with anger and resentment. But if you do that, you have already given those who have opposed you a victory"

President Clinton, INGELHEIM, Germany, Thursday, May 6, 1999, Detroit News.
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On 23 June 1999 US President told US soldiers that the NATO may intervene elsewhere. He said: "we will not allow, only because of differences in ethnic background or religion or racism, people to be attacked. We will stop that. "We can do it now. We can do it tomorrow, if it is necessary, somewhere else".

President Clinton, SKOPJE, Macedonia, Agence France Press, June 24, 1999
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On 1 July 1999 US President Clinton, speaking at a news conference with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, said, "I would like it if the Palestinian people felt free and were free to live wherever they liked, wherever they want to live."

cheap hotel in BournemouthPresident Clinton, CAIRO, Egypt, July 1, 1999, State Dept. Report, July 2, 1999
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In an open letter to Christian Aid supporters, printed in Christian Aid News, Tony Blair said "Britain has long supported UN calls for the right of return and compensation for Palestinian refugees. Britain has also been trying as hard as we can to help find a lasting solution to this problem. Such a solution requires not just the agreement of Israel and the Palestinians but must take into full account the views of the refugees themselves and of the countries where they have lived for so long."

(Tony Blair in letter sent to Christian Aid supporters, UK)
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GROUP OF PARTY OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS: "[T]he PES position on the right of return of Palestinian refugees is clearly in favour of the respect of the international rules and the UN resolutions."

(Christine Verger in letter dd. 27 June 2000)
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Chambre Porto HotelGROUP OF THE EUROPEAN LIBERAL DEMOCRAT AND REFORM PARTY: "[N]o doubt that the Greens/EFA group supports the right of Palestinian refugees to return as it did many times in various situations for other refugees. The right to return is one of the basic rights recognized by many international covenants and should never be questioned."

(Paolo Bergamaschi in letter dd. 28 June 2000)
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GROUP OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLE'S PARTY (CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS) AND EUROPEAN DEMOCRATS: "The EPP-Ed group position concerning the Palestinians refugees question is in line with the UN Resolutions. The EPP-ED group considers that a permanent peace only could be possible with justice."

(Jose Botella Serrano in letter dd. 15 June 2000)
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DUTCH SOCIALIST PARTY: "Ofcourse the SP recognises the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their own land, like practically the whole world does. The fact that this didn't happen is due to double standards, which we address regularly in the Parliament."

(Johan van den Hout in letter dd. 14 June 2000)
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DUTCH DEMOCRATCS'66 (D'66): "D66 supports the right of return of Palestinian refugees, as stated repeatedly by the foreign affairs spokesman."

Stockholm hotels(J.Th. Hoekema in letter dd. 5 July 2000)
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