James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn
James David Wolfensohn, KBE, AOis an Australian-American lawyer, investment banker and economist who served as the ninth president of the World Bank Group...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth1 December 1933
CountryAustralia
believe deal keen rice secretary sure
I do believe that Secretary Rice is very keen to make sure that the deal is done,
believe million peace starving
I do not believe you can have a million starving Palestinians and have peace.
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...It is our hope that we will be able to encourage the developed countries to recognize that it is in their interest to bring poverty alleviation in the developing world because we are one world, and unless we get stability and growth in the developing world, we are not going to have a peaceful world,
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It seems to me that there needs to be some better means of ... recognizing the solutions which are in both their interests. This is not a game in which one benefits and the other loses.
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next days, maybe the next hours are very important to see if we can ... get us to a certain level on (outstanding subjects)... and then maybe a chance to more forward.
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Anwar is not only a friend and valued colleague, he was a distinguished chairman of our Development Committee, and a man who believed in speaking his mind,
bring difficult found impossible issues matter progress six truth understand weeks
The truth of the matter is ... I have found it difficult to understand why on six issues in 20 weeks of negotiations it has been impossible to bring about more progress
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It certainly is a surprise, and as you might imagine, we were just about to try and conclude our arrangements for a $3 billion package,
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I think the immediate needs of HIPC, subject to the passage by the U.S. Congress of the U.S. contribution, are probably met, ... I think the $2.6 billion to $2.8 billion target is achievable, and then we will need to consider funding the rest of it.
behind likely throw
I think that they are more likely to have Palestinians come behind them than throw them out.
cannot issue mind talking
If you cannot make up your mind on the issue (the borders) we have been talking around for 20 weeks, there's probably not much more I can do,
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If you are an envoy of the quartet, you have a certain amount of possibilities in negotiations. If you are the secretary of state of the United States, I would have to say, there is a little more clout associated with it. And to push it over the edge, one needs not envoys, but secretaries of state.
afraid civil contain level pay reach support
If you don't pay the civil servants, who support 900,000 people, I'm afraid the frustration would reach a level where you couldn't contain it.
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I think it will be a tragedy for both sides if that opportunity is not done, but can I give you a guarantee? No. I can only tell you that we are clear in what we are trying to do, and in the next few days, we will know whether we are successful or not.