Richard Boucher
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucheris an American diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2009 until 2013. He took up post on 5 November 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation...
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Our view is that it should be referred to the U.N. Security Council. That's where we think the next steps are.
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Our belief is in democracy. The Hong Kong people and the Hong Kong government need to start addressing this issue.
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It continues to be very hard, and we continue to try to move forward. We might reach a deal, we might not.
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Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.
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He has a chance to play a positive role, to demonstrate some sincerity by releasing the U.N. detainees, by ordering a cease-fire, by reopening the channels of communication to discuss a genuine and credible peace process for Sierra Leone.
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There is, again, credible information about a threat to the embassy compound.
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Reports being compiled paint a very disturbing picture of the events and the government of Uzbekistan's reaction to them,
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reestablish a certain sense of local authority and policing without involving the remnants of the regime or the torturers who once plagued the lives of ordinary Iraqis.
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President Bush and Secretary Powell have discussed with President Jiang and other Chinese leaders the need for a dialogue with the Dalai Lama or with his representatives,
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groups that perpetrated violence so widely and broadly against the Haitian people in recent weeks.