16 Quotes by Pamela Falk

with North Korea reneging on a key issue of the new disarmament agreement, U.S. negotiators are trying to keep the six-party talks going because nuclear brinksmanship makes all nations nervous.

With the polls open and insurgent attacks in parts of Baghdad, the measure of success of the referendum will depend in part on Sunni participation in the vote,

Secretary of State Rice made clear in her remarks that the U.S. favors a referral of Iran to the Security Council for sanctions if negotiations fail, ... because the Bush Administration suspects that Irans uranium enrichment program is a nuclear weapons program, but the resistance from Russia and China to vote for sanctions, may undermine a U.S. referral.

Historically there have been compensation programs, not restitution. In other words money, not give them back the property. And that's most likely what's going to happen.

It is likely there will be a presidential statement. It's not binding, and the Security Council doesn't have to vote.

The advantage of having all the Heads of State in a three-day summit in this General Assembly session was a great advantage over previous U.N. meetings, ... because of the ability to have so many bilateral meetings.

With confidence in a unified Iraqi state at a low ebb, ... there is a lot resting on the referendum to replace insurgency with political participation.

With immigration on the front burner, this is probably President Bush's last best shot at getting the immigration reform through that he and Mexico's President Vicente Fox proposed five years ago, when they both were first elected.

The more defiant Iran becomes, the more the spotlight is on the U.N. to try to find a diplomatic solution.