John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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For me, it called back memories to 1990-91 and how the council worked during the Persian Gulf crisis, ... And I think if we could help get back to that kind of level of activity and cooperation it would be ideal.
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There's a lot of important work. It's a very busy schedule in the first couple of days, and I think it's been productive and I'm certainly enjoying myself.
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I thought it was a good example of how the council can work together effectively,
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I am telling people loosen your ties, fire up the coffee pots, get ready for the weekend, ... We've got a lot of work to do.
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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
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Negotiations continue, ... I'm going to work as long as it takes.
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As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical to the success of the U.N., an effective U.N., one that is true to the original intent of its charter's framers.
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It is why we repeatedly caution that no option is off the table.
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In the bubble on First Avenue, Volcker is just ignored. I talk about it, but it's a solitary conversation.
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I hoped we'd be finished with the establishment of the human rights council before the end of this year,
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I'm sorry to disappoint you, Congressman. I had no role in this issue.
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Our hope is to have a strong consensus document for the high-level event, ... We're working on that and we're making our views known as are other governments.
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I agreed with the Nonaligned Movement today that we should have an intergovernmental negotiation process and that the entire text ought to be open, ... We are making progress. We are ready to go.
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It would be wrong to claim more than is realistic and accurate about what these reforms are. They represent steps forward, but this is not the alpha and the omega, and we never thought it would be.