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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It is important to us to be able to keep working with the parties and try to do what we can diplomatically to calm the situation, get back to implementation of the agreements of the cease-fire.
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It is important for Pakistan to carry that out.
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I think the secretary has made quite clear over the past few days that the ideas and parameters that were discussed in the last few months were President Clinton's parameters, ... And therefore, when he left office, they were no longer a U.S. proposal or a presidential proposal.
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Our goal in sponsoring this resolution is to encourage China to take positive, concrete steps to meet its international obligations, to protect human rights, and fundamental freedoms of the Chinese people.
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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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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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Reconstruction work is not possible while the fighting is going on or while the insurgents have been in charge of the town. But once it's back in government hands, we'll be able to get on with these projects very quickly.
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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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He says it doesn't matter if people are socialist -- we're going to fight together with them to destroy everything that we can.
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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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has eroded Russia's reputation as a place to do business and eroded confidence in Russia's legal and judicial institutions.
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There is, again, credible information about a threat to the embassy compound.