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...
attention attitude certainly expressed focused hope people reflect results round truly ukrainian
We certainly hope that with all those things in place and the new attitude being expressed in Ukraine, as well as the new attention that's being focused by the whole world on Ukraine, that this round can truly reflect what the Ukrainian people want, and that the results will reflect what the Ukrainian people decide.
agree certainly decision fair fraud last marked round therefore upheld
We certainly agree with the decision ... that the last round was marked by significant fraud and that it therefore can't be upheld as a fair result,
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first step towards the end to violence and terror. It needs to be followed by other steps to dismantle the capabilities. But we certainly believe that that could be a useful step to see in the coming days.
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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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We've certainly supported their efforts to convince North Korea to come back to the table,
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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.
certainly determination effort parties
The determination is there, ... The effort has certainly not slackened in any way. And I think the parties wouldn't be here -- we wouldn't be here -- if we didn't think there was some potential.
came comment position referring reports
I know what you're referring to. I'm just not in a position to comment on it in any way on the reports that came out today.
credible steps terror violence
immediate, credible steps to end terror and violence.
post posture security
Each post will look at its security posture and reopen at an appropriate time.
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Syria maintains a sizable presence of military and intelligence officials in Lebanon in contravention of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559,
cycle violence
the need to end the cycle of violence is still there.
against backdrop campaign violence
against a backdrop of a well-documented campaign of violence and intimidation against the opposition.
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If North Korea wants something or wants to do something, then it's time for them to sit down in the multilateral discussions that we've proposed.