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...
activity agreed disclose korea north others remains work
It remains important for North Korea to disclose their activity and to work with others on what we have all agreed on, which is the denuclearization of the peninsula,
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The situation in Liberia is of major concern to us. We have been actively discussing how we can best support international efforts to help Liberia return to peace and the rule of law.
act future keeping trusted
They need to act in keeping with their commitments to the cease-fire if they want to be trusted to participate in the future of Liberia.
actions best knowledge none
Best of our knowledge at this time, none of these actions have actually been implemented,
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from the U.S. point of view, the broader picture is to stop the proliferation activity and to help the international community get at the networks that have been involved.
action certainly concerned concrete information issues looking missiles north prepared provide
At the time, he was not prepared to provide any information. So certainly all of us who are concerned about the issues of missiles in North Korea...are looking for concrete action by the North Koreans, and are looking for clarification of what this means.
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There's no question that the requirement is on Arafat right now to take strong and irreversible action, ... reviewing what our policy, what the next steps ought to be.
exports goal hook matters stop
The goal here is not to put someone on or off the hook ... stop exports of missiles. That's what really matters and that's what we have achieved.
larger picked pieces
little pieces being picked out of a larger context.
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The worldwide caution we put out on June 22 does indicate that posts may temporarily suspend operations or close to the public in response to threat information, security concerns or simply to review security postures.
leave
I think they're different. Let's leave it at that.
david regrets states united
The United States regrets the resignation of David Trimble.
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There were people who argued, well, these two ideologies are too different, they'll never get together. The secretary made clear that we thought they were bound by a common hatred. That is what brought them together, ... I think that's really what you have bin Laden confirming today in this tape.
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It continues to be very hard, and we continue to try to move forward. We might reach a deal, we might not.