SFOR’s mandate is to ensure a secure environment, and SFOR will take action when necessary to carry out its mandate. There will be a zero tolerance for violence,

Saddam Hussein should change his mind and allow the U.N. to do its job.

The president felt there was a very good and serious exchange of views. All issues came up at the dinner,

as an absurdity and an obvious effort to divert attention from the atrocities and other outrageous activities being perpetrated by the regime in Kosovo.

I think that will make clear for all to see that the Kosovo Albanians have made the courageous decision to choose peace even while their people are being attacked and killed on the ground today.

We have tried hard to maintain a working relationship with Belarus. The (Belarus) government has made that task even more difficult by this unnecessary, foolish and illegal provocation.

We recognize there are a lot of events that are converging at this very moment, but we don’t see them as linked and we don’t see them as a crisis. We see them as hurdles...

We are urging them to exercise caution, number one. And number two, that they limit unnecessary movement outside of their residences,

The diplomat in question no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities conferred by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. He has been expelled from the United States for not voluntarily departing by the appointed time....

not a helpful gesture.

NATO authorities will have to make a judgment at the end of the week whether there is substantial and serious compliance on the part of President Milosevic,

Anyone who is considering carrying out such threats should bear in mind the U.S. government’s determination to bring to justice anyone who commits acts of terrorism against U.S. citizens anywhere in the world.

If, as a result of Prime Minister Blair’s meetings in the region, the leaders are willing to make hard decisions they’ve been heretofore unwilling to make, that will be a good thing.

I cannot say that we have a breakthrough. On the contrary, we are working very hard to overcome differences.

if there hasn’t been a change (in Milosevic’s approach) in the next three days, the Contact Group’s decision to impose an asset freeze will begin to be implemented.

would be to develop a coordinated common approach to this grave situation.

It means that the momentum for the cooperative efforts between the two sides is increasing.

We’re into a phase of very hard bargaining. A lot of the underbrush has been cleared away. Some obstacles have been overcome, but significant gaps remain.

We would … consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means as a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to...

It sounds like an initiative that merits consideration.

If, however, there is any new evidence that emerges, we would want to see the Salvadorans vigorously urge the government…to investigate and, if warranted, to prosecute those implicated.

We have been in touch with senior levels of the Italian government to express our view that Ocalan must not go free, and we are concurrently consulting with the Germans, the Italians and the Turkish...

This tribunal was voted on by Russia and by all the members of the (U.N.) Security Council. It’s a United Nations tribunal. It’s not an American tribunal. It’s not a NATO tribunal. And the Yugoslav...

This is a legal matter between the governments of the United Kingdom, Spain and Chile. The U.S. is not involved.

If Libya were to do that, then Libya would be complying, and the families and the United States that have sought justice would be getting the justice that has been denied so long.

We don’t need any more principles now. We need to get down to brass tacks and get an agreement.

This phase where we’ve been actively mediating might well close.

This situation escalated dramatically yesterday as a result of Hezbollah’s firing barrages of Katyusha (rockets) into northern Israel. Israel retaliated with strikes against civilian infrastructure in Lebanon.

We received assurances at a variety of levels.

What we’ve seen in the last three days is how emotional those small pieces of real estate can be for the Palestinians and Israelis.

The international community cannot force the Iraqi regime to spend its money on its own people. Only the regime can do that. What we can do is force them to spend all the money they...

These kind of episodes have taken place. This is not the only example — but it is the only time we’ve been able to match actual videotape with overhead imagery.

alerting them to the danger so they are aware of what the problems are, what the risks are and what the specific information we have is.

As far as we’re concerned, there still are very significant and difficult roadblocks to restarting the peace process. Hopefully we’ll be able to clear away some of those roadblocks in Secretary Albright’s meetings in London.

We have no illusions about China’s desire to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses by many different means. It is absolutely not true that we downplayed any evidence of this. We took the...

Frankly, we want to talk with Chairman Arafat about that schedule and what is possible, and thus take stock for us in trying to assess how realistic it is to make that schedule that’s been...

Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.

A U.S. federal judge went down there and conducted an exhaustive review of the killings, concluding that the guardsmen were not — I emphasize the word ‘not’ — following orders from senior officers,

The idea is direct engagement.

People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.

We don’t see a point in negotiations.

I don’t want to be in a position to discuss all the options, except to say that we of course would want the strongest possible action by the (Security) Council to back up the important...

We often hear that sanctions are hurting the Iraqi people, but an objective analysis of the facts reveals that Iraq has access to international markets and the money to buy food, but Saddam will not...

The feeling is that those meetings have been sufficiently good and constructive that they have … superseded committee meetings.

Our position is clear. Milosevic must halt the offensive against the Kosovar Albanians, withdraw his forces and embrace a settlement based on the Rambouillet framework.

We regard this suggestion as falling far short of what is necessary in order for NATO to stop its air campaign.

She will make clear the stakes involved in this crisis, the threat posed, the diplomatic efforts we’ve sought to resolve this without the use of force, and the reasons why the use of force may...

is a trained diplomat. She’s very even-tempered. She’s doing what she can to get the peace process back on track.

During that conversation the prime minister requested that ambassador Dennis Ross return to Israel as soon as possible to discuss how to bridge the remaining gaps needed to start accelerated final status talks in Washington.

Time and patience clearly are running out.