Warren Christopher
Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopherwas an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson Administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Carter Administration. At the time of his death, he was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers in the firm's Century City, California, office. He also served as a professor in the College Honors Program at...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 October 1925
CityScranton, ND
CountryUnited States of America
We are calling on the king and the authorities in Nepal to respect the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and immediately desist in using violence and intimidation to silence the media in Nepal.
We certainly can never ignore the day-to-day problems of a Haiti, or a Bosnia, but for the longer term, we need to set up transnational institutions.
We are very concerned about the situation in Nepal which seems to be deteriorating rapidly. In the lead up to the one year anniversary of the February 1 coup, civil liberty abuses are still occurring and the Nepalese people's rights to freedom of expression and a free press are being violently and deplorably ignored.
The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
On this Thanksgiving weekend our joint work has made it possible for the people of Bosnia to spend New Year's Day in peace for the first time in four years.
We are answering in the only language that he (Saddam) understands, the language of force,
We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
While we welcome Arroyo's rescinding of the state of emergency, we call on her to prove her commitment to the safety of journalists and a free media in the Philippines.
Without a free and independent media, true democracy is unattainable.
It is essential that the role of journalists and the media is respected as independent from the conflict.
You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment.
for your steady nerves, prudent judgment and great wisdom.
Freedom of the press is a pre-requisite for the peaceful resolution of conflict, and restricting the media from carrying out its professional activities can only lead to more suspicion and misinformation.
I am going to be running with the teachers and the farmers and the bus drivers and the hard working men and women of this country. I'm going to be running with the people, not the privileged.