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...
purpose talks
The purpose of these talks is to get started,
draw indeed open point talking
We're open to this prospect. We're indeed talking about it with other people, but at this point I can't draw to a conclusion.
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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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Clearly, the continuation of the fighting creates concerns and complicates that. So alongside the movement toward deployment has been an effort to try to get the parties to abide by the cease-fire.
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Clearly having Milosevic face international justice for international crimes remains a top priority for the international community.
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His dedication to the mission of the courier service was unmatched, and he was clearly an asset to the Department of State and the U.S. government.
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so-called National Liberation Army, which has threatened civilians and deliberately puts civilians into jeopardy.
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At the same time, we think it would not be helpful to expel him because it would just give him another stage to play on.
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At this point, what the secretary is talking to them about is the environment.
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At this point we're not planning an evacuation of official or non-official Americans, but we do have these concerns about the safety of American citizens who in parts of the country are located where there appears to be fighting.
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expanding economic opportunity and democracy (and) respect for the rule of law.