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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We expect that the agency will fully investigate the matter and keep the board of governors fully informed. It is important that all such activity be investigated.
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The situation in Liberia is of major concern to us. We have been actively discussing how we can best support international efforts to help Liberia return to peace and the rule of law.
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Best of our knowledge at this time, none of these actions have actually been implemented,
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At the time, he was not prepared to provide any information. So certainly all of us who are concerned about the issues of missiles in North Korea...are looking for concrete action by the North Koreans, and are looking for clarification of what this means.
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There's no question that the requirement is on Arafat right now to take strong and irreversible action, ... reviewing what our policy, what the next steps ought to be.
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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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We would certainly look to them (the Indian government) to finish their investigation and then consider what action might be appropriate.
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We had a clear provocation across the green line by Hezbollah. And that kind of activity needs to be stopped and everybody with influence on that kind of activity needs to push to stop it,
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We've had very productive meetings regarding military cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the event of military action against Iraq.
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It remains important for North Korea to disclose their activity and to work with others on what we have all agreed on, which is the denuclearization of the peninsula,
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We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.
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They need to act in keeping with their commitments to the cease-fire if they want to be trusted to participate in the future of Liberia.
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We will work with our allies to re-energize the sanctions. Obviously, military force always remains an option for the United States.
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We understand that conceding to terrorists will only endanger all members of the multinational force as well as other countries who are contributing to Iraqi reconstruction and humanitarian assistance.