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 steps that need to be taken now are steps by Chairman Arafat to stop the violence,
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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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what can you do to help stop the terror and to get us moving down the road that we've outlined, the road toward peace?
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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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It's a global initiative with global reach and it's aimed at stopping the flow of weapons of mass destruction, missiles and related materials.
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The goal here is not to put someone on or off the hook ... stop exports of missiles. That's what really matters and that's what we have achieved.
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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.
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We understand Japan plans to bring him there for medical treatment. Once he is there, he falls under Japanese-U.S. status policy. We intend to request custody when we have legal opportunity to do so.
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we felt that there were indeed concerns ... our posts in the region, and this region including Yemen, have been on a high state of alert for a long time since the Africa bombings,and in connection with recent events we have asked posts to look very closely at their security procedures.
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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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We don't think that linking our obligations and payments to the United Nations to the outcome of that particular vote is a good idea.
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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.
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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,