Richard Boucher
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucheris an American diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2009 until 2013. He took up post on 5 November 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation...
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Journalism is often a dangerous profession. Today, we take this opportunity to express solidarity with the brave journalists who risk their lives to inform the public and express their views.
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will help ensure that we have a more open and credible result this time.
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We continue on both sides to look forward to ways to end the hostility between our two nations and to develop a better relationship,
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We'll deal with it the same way we have been dealing with it -- by being transparent, up front and open about our policies and what our soldiers do.
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We'll be moving forward then to sit down with the parties, start talking about how to implement the road map that's released to the parties, and we'll do the appropriate publicity for that.
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Many countries themselves have gone forward with implementing steps,
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looking at ways to provide additional immediate support to the Macedonian Government.
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look into the circumstances of the procurement effort by the Iraqis, the nature of the equipment, (and) what transfers did or did not occur.
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looking more broadly at the overall situation to see what contribution we could make. ...
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little pieces being picked out of a larger context.
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There are airplanes flying with relief supplies. There are airplanes flying to do the reconnaissance. There is rice being delivered. There is water being delivered. There are ships under steam and there are people on the ground.
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We and Japan are allies. When there are tensions in some parts of Asia -- whether it's North Korea, the Taiwan Strait or some other part of Asia -- we talk to Japan about it.
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What's important is for ... the Israelis and Palestinians, to remember that it's a time to maintain calm and to avoid any sort of provocation. We all want to go through this period with minimal violence.
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Without saying something particular about these ideas, I think we've always felt introducing other elements that divert attention from that focus don't really move the situation forward.