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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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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discussed the strains that are caused by the (incidents) that occur with regard to ... the presence of troops in any location, including Japan.
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It was a direct discussion between the two of them about the issues.
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Its charter says that they should explain U.S. government policy and present responsible discussion about it. We don't consider Mullah Omar to be responsible discussion.
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We are discussing the circumstances of their detention with Colombian authorities, but do not have any additional information to provide at this time.
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They stressed the importance of building on progress made at the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade ... They also talked about how to further enhance the economic/trade relationship, and we discussed some of the issues that are of particular importance to us in terms of access to the Chinese market.
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They had good, extensive discussions of Iraq's refusal to disarm and the council's response to deal with this danger. They discussed various ideas about resolution including possible changes in text.
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(Albright) looks forward to discussing bilateral relations and the progress being made on issues of concern to the United States.
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They discussed the issues that are of concern to us.
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I think the secretary has made quite clear over the past few days that the ideas and parameters that were discussed in the last few months were President Clinton's parameters, ... And therefore, when he left office, they were no longer a U.S. proposal or a presidential proposal.
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President Bush and Secretary Powell have discussed with President Jiang and other Chinese leaders the need for a dialogue with the Dalai Lama or with his representatives,
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He has a chance to play a positive role, to demonstrate some sincerity by releasing the U.N. detainees, by ordering a cease-fire, by reopening the channels of communication to discuss a genuine and credible peace process for Sierra Leone.
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For our part, the United States stands ready to return to the talks to discuss the proposals that have been on the table since June.
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The main reason was to spend some time with them and to use the opportunity of an extended discussion to get out of Camp David and go see that there's a world out there,