John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
caution option repeatedly
It is why we repeatedly caution that no option is off the table.
activity cooperation council gulf help level memories persian worked
For me, it called back memories to 1990-91 and how the council worked during the Persian Gulf crisis, ... And I think if we could help get back to that kind of level of activity and cooperation it would be ideal.
cease
its obstruction (of the probe) has to cease and cease immediately.
activities address governed military
does not address military activities that are appropriately governed by international humanitarian law.
bunch changes dumped notion simply
The notion that ... we have dumped a whole bunch of new changes out is simply not correct,
believe belongs general next particular secretary
Not so fast. We don't believe that the next secretary general belongs to any particular region.
It was only ever going to be the first step,
academic actions contrary foreign happens law notions policy relationship talking understand
It's important that we understand when talking about the relationship between actions of foreign policy and the notions of international law we have the sense of what actually happens practically, which is contrary to most academic views.
allow cannot document effort outcome process reform represents run step
The outcome document represents an important step in a long process of U.N. reform, ... We cannot allow the reform effort to be derailed or run out of steam.
agreement bulk incredibly movement reached text
We have reached agreement on the bulk of the text and there was movement on all sides. We are very close. It's a very satisfactory text. We have been incredibly flexible.
late outcome strong work
There are a lot of different ideas, ... We have a lot of work to do. ... But I think this is going to be an open, transparent process, and we'll work as late as we need to and see if we can come up with a strong outcome document.
confidence council human rights sufficient text
We did not have sufficient confidence in this text to be able to say that the Human Rights Council will be better than its predecessor.
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We've been in consultations and discussions with a number of other countries on what the contingencies might be and what our reaction would be but I can assure you that until we read the report, we don't have any decisions on it,
flexible format forward looking prepared
We're looking forward to Monday, ... We are prepared to be flexible on format and process.