John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
among certainly five hoping move permanent prepared unanimity
We certainly are hoping for unanimity among the five permanent members. But unanimity or not, we are prepared to move forward.
draft last produced
We are very disappointed with the draft that was produced last Thursday. We don't think it's acceptable.
close ready resolution
We are very close. We are close to resolving it, ... We will need what we need to do for this resolution to be ready for consideration on Monday.
countries five power trying veto
We are trying to keep the five countries with veto power united.
avoid becoming electoral iraq issue process solidarity support
to show the solidarity of international support for the electoral process in Iraq and to avoid it becoming an issue in the upcoming election.
work
there is still much work to be done on that front.
act advocate agile distinct effective founders help ideals interests maintain peace privilege seek true values words
We seek a stronger, more effective organization, true to the ideals of its founders and agile enough to act in the 21st century. It will be a distinct privilege to be an advocate for Americans' values and interests at the U.N. -- and in the words of the U.N. Charter, to help maintain international peace and security.
cease government signal strong syria
We want a very strong signal to the government of Syria that its obstruction has to cease and cease immediately,
cease council government signal strong syria
We want a very strong signal from the council to the government of Syria that its obstructionism has to cease, and cease immediately,
arms constrain legal light measures small support trade
We do not support measures that would constrain legal trade and legal manufacturing of small arms and light weapons.
among discussion five general next ongoing permanent subject
We had a general discussion about the subject of the next secretary-general, which is part of our ongoing consultations among the five permanent members. But that's all really I can say.
address challenges expansion large peace quickly risk unable
Too large an expansion would risk making it (the council) unable to quickly address challenges to international peace and security.
advance
Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.
assistance believes biological contained cuba offensive program providing rogue sentence state warfare
contained a sentence which said that the U.S. believes Cuba has a developmental, offensive biological warfare program and is providing assistance to other rogue state programs.