decisions about who should govern a country are best made by the citizens of that nation through an open and transparent process.

be reviewing what has been accomplished, the strong steps that Pakistan has taken to combat this problem. And we’ll look at how we can engage with Pakistan on international nonproliferation standards.

We’ve made clear our view, which is we support the Russian proposal. It’s within the context of the EU diplomacy aimed at getting Iran to re-suspend its enrichment activities and return to negotiations.

The United States calls on the government of Iran to allow freedom of religion for all Iranians, and to ensure the right to freedom of speech and expression for all its citizens, without fear of...

The future of Kyrgyzstan should be decided by the people of Kyrgyzstan, consistent with the principles of peaceful change, of dialogue and respect for the rule of law.

So if anybody needed a reminder, this is it, that the Syrian government should take immediate steps to crack down on this group and to inhibit its activities by shutting down Islamic Jihad offices and...

Given that rate of abstention, plus expressions of concern by prominent Venezuelans, we would see that this reflects a broad lack of confidence in the impartiality and transparency of the electoral process.

We also make clear that the pace and scope and shape of democratic reform is for the people of Hong Kong to decide.

There’s no deal, frankly, that I’m aware of.

They have had two years to take action to secure the facility. They haven’t done it.

There are going to be differences. That’s to be expected.

We’re going to be looking at exactly what happened and how it happened in order to, sort of, assess what the vulnerabilities were.

I would say we’re at a preliminary stage. Let’s see how the vote count goes and the results of the investigation are.

This visit will represent one of the key milestones in the broad and complex undertaking that both countries work together to contribute to international growth and stability in ways that benefit both countries.

We do not have enough to make a conclusive judgment, I think, one way or the other.

U.S. assistance (to Iraq) is not designed to favor one group or another group, it’s designed to help all Iraqis promote … goals of a representative government that includes all Iraq’s political factions and is...

This is horrific act of violence which we condemn.

And the United States, for its part, is going to do everything it can to ensure that the rights of Iraqi citizens are respected.

Discussions continue, we’re making progress. I think I’d leave it at that.

The United States is going to push for this, whether it’s the president of the Security Council or not. We used up the month of our presidency of the Security Council to move this ball...

One day they will say there is a deal and the other day they will say there is no deal, and then they will say there is one only on their terms.

The escalating violence threatens the process of democratization and reconciliation in Kosovo and must end.

Some of these positions will be involved with administering the 75 million dollars that we hope to get from Congress to promote empowerment and democracy, and flow of information and citizen exchanges in Iran.

The US position is this is a sovereign decision for the government of Israel to make. We understand that decision.

And I wouldn’t at this point make any specific linkages to what happened in this parliamentary election to any of those issues.

A particular focus of the discussions was the PKK and its affiliates and how we could all cooperate to eliminate the terrorist threat to Turkey from northern Iraq .

Our view is that the constitution of the Philippines and the rule of law must be respected and violence must be rejected. We hope the situation will return to normal.

If you look at where Egypt is now in terms of reforms and openness and democratic development versus where it was a year or two years ago, I think it’s important to note that there...

The United States remains particularly concerned by the Maoist insurgency, which presents the most immediate threat to a peaceful and prosperous Nepal.

I think what took people by surprise was the margin of victory. Nobody foresaw that huge a sweep.

So we’re going to have to work within those constraints while at the same time being mindful that the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people have to be met. And we’re going to look for...

demonstrated a sustained commitment to cooperation and transparency.

We are watching the situation in Togo closely.

We’ve always made clear that truces are good only insofar as they go, and that’s really not very far.

President Chen’s assurances were quite clear that the NUC has not been abolished.

This isn’t a question of hearts and minds. It’s a question of bodies and gore. This is a network, a confederacy of evil that will stop at nothing to advance its radical agenda.

We believe that it’s important to achieve universal suffrage in Hong Kong as soon as possible, that the people of Hong Kong are ready for democracy, and that the sooner that a timetable for achieving...

Undersecretary Burns, I think, made clear to the Russians our broad concerns over Iranian behavior and this sale in particular.

Unrelated to the six-party talks, there are measures in the United States to take action against counterfeiting and other activities that can be used to threaten the United States pursuant to the Patriot Act.

The needs are great, and there are ways to do this, to ensure that those needs are met.

President Bush has been very outspoken and I think visionary in trying to develop a framework within the international system to ensure the safe and secure supply of nuclear fuel through the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

with terrorist elements that are bent on sabotaging the peace process. … And they are certainly out of step with the rest of the world on that.

Put in simple English, I think what you can conclude from that is: If he was, indeed, a member of the Taliban, being a member of the Taliban in and of itself was not necessarily...

We oppose the demolition of homes of innocent Palestinians. We have registered our deep concern. We have made it clear that restraint is critical. And we’ve made it clear that innocent life has to be...

The United States has urged the government of Iraq to investigate and take action against any of its personnel who’ve been involved in torture and abuse.

There was a security consideration. If they can take over and they can move to intercept and otherwise disrupt those who are bent on attacking the transfer of sovereignty, then that’s one more blow against...

I would note that the government of Israel also said that they’re mindful of the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian people and will act with those concerns at heart.

What we’re seeing here is an attempt to subvert justice, an attempt to subvert the rule of law by those that are bent on attacking honorable citizens of Iraq who are trying to see that...

These entities are being sanctioned based on credible information that they transferred equipment and technology listed on multilateral export control lists to Iran.

We’re going to continue to push that agenda. But, obviously, our ability to promote that is going to be influenced by the political realities on the ground.