Cardinals, many of them among the electors who chose him to be the Roman Catholic church's first Latin American pope, sat on chairs during the ceremony held under hazy skies on a breezy day.

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He is accountable, first, to Donald Dewar, the (elected) Scottish secretary who chose him for the job, and, second, to the Scottish Grand Committee, which allows members of the Commons to interrogate all ministers, including those who sit in the Lords.

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The people who chose him as their target and the UN knew that he was the most effective international civil servant in the country, and I might add to all people watching tonight in the United Kingdom, a very great man, whose loss is immense to all of us.

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