Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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We have to respect the prerogatives of Congress but we are suggesting India-specific amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
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We are working very hard on this agreement on both sides. We have great respect for Indian colleagues with whom we are working, we have been active now for 11 months and there have been unique negotiations, very challenging. But there is a goodwill by both governments, and a commitment by President Bush to see this through towards a conclusion.
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We remind the Burundi government and security forces that respect for human rights and peaceful dialogue should be key elements in their efforts to re-establish security in the country.
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This is an historic opportunity to shape the future of the country. ... We call on the new leadership to establish an inclusive transitional government leading to elections, and to ensure full respect for human rights throughout the country.
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We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.
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We implore the parties to these negotiations not to use intimidation or the threat of violence, or violence itself as a tactic in the negotiations,
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We certainly were given an impression (during my last visit in June) that the arrest of general Mladic was imminent and it did not happen, so we have to judge the Serb government on its actions,
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We are very disappointed that general Mladic is not yet given up to the Hague,
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We are very clear in our administration ... this agreement has not changed. We are not adding any conditions that we expect the Indian government to meet,
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We think it's a highly significant appointment which ought to be welcomed by the detractors of our president's policy.
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We see a possibility of creating with India one of the two or three or four strategic relationships we have with anyone in the world.
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I've pledged to all of my Japanese interlocutors over the last two days that we would work with them over the next several months to see if it's possible to fashion a plan that would receive General Assembly support in New York, so that Japan could enter the Security Council as a permanent member,
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It was the only positive development I can point to.
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The Security Council has no option but to proceed with the Chapter 7.