John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
adoption pleased states united
The United States is very pleased at the council's unanimous adoption
anybody argument bad certainly claims draft favor strongest
This draft certainly does not live up to the expectations set by the secretary-general when he launched the process. And I don't think anybody claims that, and, in fact, the strongest argument in favor of this draft is that it's not as bad as it could be.
cannot seen simply
This cannot be seen as simply an American initiative,
confidence council human rights sufficient text
We did not have sufficient confidence in this text to be able to say that the Human Rights Council will be better than its predecessor.
assure countries decisions might number reaction until
We've been in consultations and discussions with a number of other countries on what the contingencies might be and what our reaction would be but I can assure you that until we read the report, we don't have any decisions on it,
late outcome strong work
There are a lot of different ideas, ... We have a lot of work to do. ... But I think this is going to be an open, transparent process, and we'll work as late as we need to and see if we can come up with a strong outcome document.
move urgency
We have a sense of urgency about this ... There is a need to move expeditiously.
agreement bulk incredibly movement reached text
We have reached agreement on the bulk of the text and there was movement on all sides. We are very close. It's a very satisfactory text. We have been incredibly flexible.
dramatic extent government lebanese news officials syrian top
very dramatic news about the extent of Syrian involvement and involvement by top officials in the Lebanese government in this assassination.
flexible format forward looking prepared
We're looking forward to Monday, ... We are prepared to be flexible on format and process.
ambiguity decision expect leaving strong syrian
We haven't made any decision yet on the specifics, but I think it should be a very strong resolution, leaving no ambiguity that we expect Syrian cooperation.
given
We haven't given up anything that we have deemed important,
believe freedom individual limited
Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.
aware council four hope members permanent security
We hope that the other four permanent members of the Security Council are aware of the long-term implications of these decisions, as we are,