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
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The main reason for this is that the Bosnian Serbs still have not given up their core dream of creating a separate state, and that is unacceptable.
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We would view with the greatest possible concern any such event, ... It would do Indonesia immense, perhaps irreparable damage.
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Ultimately the decision as to what happens will be made by the decisions and actions of the Yugoslav leadership. They have the power to stop this tragedy. They have the power to take action to reverse it.
We are at the brink...time is very short.
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We are at the brink. Time is short.
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There are certain kinds of second-tier confrontations which the U.S. does not need to get directly involved in. However, even in the second tier of problems, our intervention as a friend to both sides is important.
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We're still behind. But we picked up some steam and we closed the gap.
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We want to change it from a New York institution with regional branches into a global institution with a New York headquarters.
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We hope to make clear to president Milosevic and the people of Yugoslavia the extreme gravity of the situation,
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I think that Ted Turner's offer ... provided us with the flexibility he had intended it to... This was not simply the case of a rich person giving money to build a building. It was money to change a situation,
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It is a struggle of great historic consequence. Indonesia is one of the most important countries in the world, the world's third largest democracy,
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It is enshrined in the Dayton Peace Accords, but he never intended to comply with it, ... He never imagined he would end up where he is today.
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I think this is a ridiculous outcome, ... These people are innocent and they should be freed immediately. They are not spies.
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will emerge from his conversations with Secretary Albright.