FACTBOX-For Bolton, U.N. was a 'target-rich environment'
04 Dec 2006 18:23:22 GMT Source: Reuters
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Following are statements made by John Bolton during his 15 months as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations: - "It's a target-rich environment." -- on what he enjoyed most about his job as U.N. ambassador, Britain's Sunday Telegraph, Nov. 6, 2005. - "U.N. reform is not a one-night stand. U.N. reform is forever." -- Aug. 11, 2005. - "We want a butterfly. We're not going to put lipstick on a caterpillar and declare it a success." - on U.N. efforts to replace its discredited Human Rights Commission with a new Human Rights Council. - "Starting on time is a form of discipline. I brought the gavel down at 10. I was the only one in the room though." -- at the start of the U.S. presidency of the Security Council, Feb. 3, 2006. - "The U.N. is one of many competitors in a marketplace of global problem solving ... and we have to decide whether a particular issue is best done through some other mechanism." -- interview with the Washington Times, Nov. 15, 2005. - "Indeed, it is in fact time for a wholesale change in the culture of how many agencies and entities within the U.N. system operate. ... Whether it is a culture of inaction or a culture of impunity, we must see changes." -- on the need for U.N. procurement reform, Feb. 22, 2006. - "People criticize us when we take action on the ground that our taking action makes the situation worse. So what is the answer -- not to take action?" --commenting on a draft U.S. Security Council resolution on Somalia, Dec. 1, 2006.
