Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
Richard Charles Albert Holbrookewas an American diplomat, magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official, and investment banker...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth24 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
danger developing internet pose
Does the Internet pose a danger in developing countries?
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He faces two futures now -- to spend the rest of his life on the run or else he can defend himself in the International Court of The Hague.
greater kosovo tested
the U.N. is being tested in Kosovo as it has never been tested before, with responsibilities greater than ever before.
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I think it's very important for all Americans, whether they opposed the war or supported to it, whether they are liberals or conservatives, Republicans, Democrat or independents, to be able to say with pride we won -- to embrace the victory -- even as we begin to discuss the very difficult decisions that lie ahead,
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will emerge from his conversations with Secretary Albright.
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We have agreed with President Milosevic on a ground verification program augmented with an important aerial verification program.
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Three hundred thousand people dead and 2.5 million homeless, all because of Slobodan Milosevic.
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We don't want this in any way to affect our mission, ... I think you are going to see the international community prepare for a very strong and swift response against those responsible, and we all know who they are.
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We hope to bring the parties back to the negotiating table, ... but the hope to avoid war is very small.
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We hope to make clear to president Milosevic and the people of Yugoslavia the extreme gravity of the situation,
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We should commit ourselves to use the U.N. for positive purposes ... and not for inflaming already angry people,
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We are very concerned ... we are only a few days away from a tragedy of even greater dimensions. We might be on a collision course here between Yugoslavia and the Western authorities including NATO.
emergency
We're not out of the emergency yet. We're still in it.
echoes media voice
MEMRI allows an audience far beyond the Arabic-speaking world to observe the wide variety of Arab voices speaking through the media, schoolbooks, and pulpits to their own people. What one hears is often astonishing, sometimes frightening, and always important. Most importantly, it includes the newly-emerging liberal voices of reform and hope, as well as disturbing echoes of ancient hatreds. Without the valuable research of MEMRI, the non-Arabic speaking world would not have this indispensable window.