120 ordspråk av Richard Holbrooke
Richard Holbrooke
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 face a moment of extreme danger, and if it deteriorates any further, if it spreads across the border, we could have that general Balkan war that people have been worried about for so long.
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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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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 showed our very strong support for Montenegro's integrity and its ability to run its own affairs,
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We want to change it from a New York institution with regional branches into a global institution with a New York headquarters.
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We would view with the greatest possible concern any such event, ... It would do Indonesia immense, perhaps irreparable damage.
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We're not out of the emergency yet. We're still in it.
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We're still behind. But we picked up some steam and we closed the gap.
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While the level of fighting (in Kosovo) may have abated temporarily, the capacity for its resumption is there,
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While we are trying to forge a peace, we need to remember what brought us here.
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will emerge from his conversations with Secretary Albright.
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would beat up on Israel -- and that's all it would do. It has no teeth. It's just a session for venting.
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