John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
brighter choice faces home korea needs north shift today wants
North Korea today faces a choice, ... If North Korea wants to have a brighter future, it needs to fundamentally shift the way it operates at home and abroad.
addressing assume authority continued elected facilitate government iraqi issues newly questions support time
Addressing these issues now will facilitate continued international support for Iraq's security, and it will give the newly elected Iraqi government time to assume office, address constitutional questions and consolidate its authority before confronting issues such as those addressed in this resolution.
clearly discussion further initial require results troubling
After an initial read, the results are clearly troubling and will require further discussion with the international community.
crisis difficult moment months progress september serious since summit time united work
This is a moment of crisis for the United Nations. If we don't get serious reform, it's going to put us in a very difficult position, It's now two months since the end of the September summit and we have essentially not made progress since that point. We've got a lot of work to do and there's not a lot of time to do it
acquire although assistance foreign libya nuclear remains
Although Libya would need significant foreign assistance to acquire a nuclear weapon, Tripoli's nuclear infrastructure enhancement remains of concern.
blind eye lax member oversight states toward turned
There were bribes; there were kickbacks; there was lax oversight from the Secretariat; and some member states turned a blind eye toward this corruption.
occasion program properly run
There may be an occasion that we want the U.N. to properly run a program like this.
agree certainly committed hyde reforms remarkable sending signal
The remarkable thing is that Congressmen Hyde and Lantos agree on the 39 reforms that they want, ... The signal that they're sending I think is that they want substantial reform, and that's certainly something the administration is committed to.
conscience impulse shocks
This is the kind of development that I think shocks our conscience in America, to see the humanitarian impulse so cynically manipulated,
cooperation government half syria time
This is 'true confessions' time now for the government of Syria . No more obstruction, no more half measures, we want substantive cooperation and we want it immediately.
culture decision effective goes longer resolved term today un whether
This is the way the UN operates. And it goes to the question, which is a much longer term question, as to whether the culture of decision making at the UN is the most effective for the organization and that's something that's not going to be resolved today or tomorrow.
further law matter serious
This is now a serious law enforcement matter and we will have no further comment,
boys pass
This is not something we can pass off as boys will be boys,
changes dissimilar talking
are not that dissimilar to changes that we've been talking about here at the U.N. for months.