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.
far fast intentions month move
My instructions and my intentions are very clear: which is to move as far and as fast as we can during the month of February.
conducting exactly move necessity number possible quickly talk timing today
We would like to move as quickly as possible but because of the necessity to talk to a number of governments, we will be conducting those consultations today and we'll have a better idea exactly what the timing will be.
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.
move urgency
We have a sense of urgency about this ... There is a need to move expeditiously.
council goes moves period picks range rocket security speed turbulence
When a rocket is launched, as it picks up speed and moves down range it goes through a period of aerodynamic turbulence much like Security Council resolutions, ... We're now in the period of aerodynamic turbulence.
agreed entire movement ought process ready text today
I agreed with the Nonaligned Movement today that we should have an intergovernmental negotiation process and that the entire text ought to be open, ... We are making progress. We are ready to go.
critical further movement nuclear program weapons
The dismantlement of their nuclear weapons program is critical to any further movement in the talks,
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.
meets secretary standards
We don't think it meets the standards set by the secretary general.
certainly continued full push resolution
We certainly see a resolution that continued to push for full implementation of 1559,
draft last produced
We are very disappointed with the draft that was produced last Thursday. We don't think it's acceptable.