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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given the apparent lack of evidence and due process.
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Frankly, it's not clear exactly what it means,
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funds for family planning and reproductive health will be spent through U.S. Agency for International Development programs and not through the U.N. Population Fund.
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from the U.S. point of view, the broader picture is to stop the proliferation activity and to help the international community get at the networks that have been involved.
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Many countries themselves have gone forward with implementing steps,
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looking at ways to provide additional immediate support to the Macedonian Government.
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look into the circumstances of the procurement effort by the Iraqis, the nature of the equipment, (and) what transfers did or did not occur.
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looking more broadly at the overall situation to see what contribution we could make. ...
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little pieces being picked out of a larger context.
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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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I think they're different. Let's leave it at that.
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We do think it's a rather dubious distinction to be the first democratically elected head of state to go meet with the dictator of Iraq
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We've made clear we're looking at the policy with regard to North Korea, that it's policy that will be built on the work that's been done before and the commitments that have been made before.
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We've made clear that we would like to see all these people released and able to return home.