Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
continue progress
That is why we are here today, to continue the progress,
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As for the peace process, we will continue active negotiations in the next few days.
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there is no change in (the American) position in the sense there is a clear disagreement between the Russian government and NATO. But that does not mean we cannot still continue close contacts.
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I'm sorry I'm unable to go into any details at all-- you'll understand why, ... I can only say that we remain on an intense effort to find a peaceful and satisfactory outcome to what can only be called an emergency while in another part of Europe -- Brussels -- NATO continues to move in a very different form.
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We showed our very strong support for Montenegro's integrity and its ability to run its own affairs,
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We are very concerned ... we are only a few days away from a tragedy of even greater dimensions. We might be on a collision course here between Yugoslavia and the Western authorities including NATO.
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The Security Council has taken a critical step toward helping Congo and the region come to the peace that it so desperately needs,
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The status quo is stable, but it won't be stable forever,
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The situation therefore remains fully as serious today as it was a week or two ago. We hope to make clear to President Milosevic and the people of Yugoslavia the extreme gravity of the situation.
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The situation is as serious now -- perhaps more serious -- than it was in October,
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These contacts were designed to find out if the people with whom the American officials met were in fact people who have the ability to influence and control all the people with the weapons.
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The United States and our allies and the Arab neighbors of Saddam ... must recognize that as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power he is a destabilizing factor for the entire region. He's a very dangerous man,
greater kosovo tested
the U.N. is being tested in Kosovo as it has never been tested before, with responsibilities greater than ever before.
fixing mistakes
fixing some of the mistakes we couldn't fix at Dayton.