Those residents who are there should consider leaving unless their presence there is essential, ... British citizens who remain should exercise extreme caution, especially in public places.

The British government's position is that prisoners -- regardless of their technical status -- should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law, ... We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view.

We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen.

Obviously, it is a matter of grave concern that a British citizen has been killed,

I also want to put on record the very high regard which the British government as a whole, and I personally, have for Kofi Annan, in leading and steering the United Nations through a period of great change in international relations,

Microsoft technology has transformed business practices and his company has had a profound impact on the British economy,

We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so,