John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
meets secretary standards
We don't think it meets the standards set by the secretary general.
best describe meeting
I would describe today's meeting as the best we've had so far.
again commission council existing few geneva meets
We'd like to see if we can get the commission abolished and the new council put in place before the existing commission meets again in Geneva in a few months.
commitment criteria democracy economy equitable financial following geographic human meet military nations qualified size united
In our view, qualified nations should meet criteria in the following areas: size of economy and population; military capacity; contributions to peacekeeping operations, commitment to democracy and human rights; financial contributions to the United Nations; nonproliferation and counterterrorism records, and equitable geographic balance,
council exercise group meeting security
I don't see that that meeting is going to be productive, because I don't think the Security Council is an exercise in group therapy.
preparation meetings
Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.
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.
support work
We will work to get the broadest support we can,
acted council felt including kingdom security send united waiting
We felt that if the Security Council acted without waiting for the AU, it would send the AU a signal. But no other country, including the United Kingdom and France, was with us on that. We think that's too bad.
certainly continued full push resolution
We certainly see a resolution that continued to push for full implementation of 1559,
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.