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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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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But what also matters to us is the degree of cooperation we get, the degree of transparency we get, and the degree of commitment we get towards avoiding a repetition.
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But we don't meet with terrorists. We don't meet with people who are involved in violence or fomenting violence.
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I wouldn't describe it a fait accompli ... We look to keep making progress on the issues of concern to us, and want to make sure that any further steps are part of that progress.
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I don't have anything to say on what Sen. Warner might have said.
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Obviously, any punitive measures against her would call into question Cambodia's commitment to fight human trafficking.
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new administration will look at the situation and will determine how best to proceed.
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Nevertheless, we see this as an absolutely necessary step toward decreasing tensions in Asia.
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So it's an open question as to whether one will be able to say that they got a fair trial or not, particularly given what we know about the Chinese legal system.
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Some areas that spring to mind are agriculture, democracy building, disaster relief, education, and science and technology.
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Much of the violence that we see now is being created by the gangs that were once aligned with the Aristide government. Without that factor, Haiti would be much closer to the rule of law and farther away from gang violence. So it's critical for the actors who supported these groups and who supported this violence to be part of ending it.
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Ms Tanaka said she understood the need for the United States to pursue this area, to conduct the research,