John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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the United States and other members of the Security Council are concerned about the deteriorating situation in Burma.
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We hope that the other four permanent members of the Security Council are aware of the long-term implications of these decisions, as we are,
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If the Security Council can't deal with something like the Iranian nuclear weapons program, then it's hard to imagine what circumstances the (UN) Charter contemplated the Council would be involved in.
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We strongly support the commission's investigative efforts. We expect the government of Syria to comply with these requests fully and unconditionally as the Security Council resolutions require.
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We don't have it yet. it's likely to be tomorrow when it's distributed to the Security Council,
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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.
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I think today's sanction resolution shows that the Security Council is serious, that its resolutions have to be complied with, that it is prepared to take enforcement steps if they are not complied with.
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I'm confident that the Security Council under the charter has a responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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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.
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In the absence of serious Syrian cooperation on substantive matters, the mission can't get to the ultimate truth. That is what is seems to me the focus the U.N. Security Council should be.
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Our biggest national security crisis is Barack Obama
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Too large an expansion would risk making it (the council) unable to quickly address challenges to international peace and security.
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We will work to get the broadest support we can,