John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
among believe chamber debate deep divisions july member mistake overall paralyzed reform return states
The debate in this chamber in July only highlighted deep divisions among member states and paralyzed the overall reform effort. We believe it would be a mistake to return to that discussion.
advance ask interests morning united values
What I do every morning is get up and ask myself how I'm going to advance the interests and values of the United States.
agreement bulk incredibly movement reached text
We have reached agreement on the bulk of the text and there was movement on all sides. We are very close. It's a very satisfactory text. We have been incredibly flexible.
decision further law matter personal privileges prompt serious thank
We want to thank the secretary-general for his personal and very prompt decision to waive privileges and immunities, ... This is now a serious law enforcement matter and we will have no further comment.
ambiguity decision expect leaving strong syrian
We haven't made any decision yet on the specifics, but I think it should be a very strong resolution, leaving no ambiguity that we expect Syrian cooperation.
given
We haven't given up anything that we have deemed important,
dramatic extent government lebanese news officials syrian top
very dramatic news about the extent of Syrian involvement and involvement by top officials in the Lebanese government in this assassination.
council goes moves period picks range rocket security speed turbulence
When a rocket is launched, as it picks up speed and moves down range it goes through a period of aerodynamic turbulence much like Security Council resolutions, ... We're now in the period of aerodynamic turbulence.
couple rock roll weeks
We are going to rock and roll for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. It will be arduous.
late outcome strong work
There are a lot of different ideas, ... We have a lot of work to do. ... But I think this is going to be an open, transparent process, and we'll work as late as we need to and see if we can come up with a strong outcome document.
areas continuing deficiency performance resolution syria
We think a resolution would be appropriate at this point. I think highlighting the areas of deficiency in Syria 's performance ... would be important to show the Council's continuing resolve.
confidence council human rights sufficient text
We did not have sufficient confidence in this text to be able to say that the Human Rights Council will be better than its predecessor.