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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We are discussing the circumstances of their detention with Colombian authorities, but do not have any additional information to provide at this time.
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We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.
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We'll look at it when it comes out and see if there are any ideas we want to deal with at that point.
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to go into somewhat more detail about the current situation.
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We are operating within a U.N. mandate, and we intend to do as much as we can and look for other ways to provide support for the Macedonian government well within that mandate,
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We've been working with both those governments to try to see if we can't use the excellent relations that they each have with the United States to contribute in some way to an easing of the tensions.
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We would hope that they would clarify the remarks if they have a chance.
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We would hope that the governments involved -- that would be Australia, Norway and Indonesia -- would cooperate to resolve the issue.
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we do feel that it's important to tell Americans about the security situation near the border.
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Those are all things that they themselves have made commitments on. And as long as these things are not resolved, they're issues of concern to us.
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What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,
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We find it very interesting and useful to talk to somebody with firsthand experience. Obviously, it helps our thinking.
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We reject any criticism, any allegations that our human rights efforts have diminished.
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We are looking to get a good agreement -- one that can stand the test of time.