Interview in Spiegel Online http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,487494-2,00.html, 10. Juni 2007
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Richard Holbrooke
Geburtstag: 24. April 1941
Todesdatum: 13. Dezember 2010
Richard Charles Albert Holbrooke war ein US-amerikanischer Spitzendiplomat, Geschäftsmann, Publizist und Zeitungsverleger.
International bekannt wurde er als US-Sondergesandter für den Balkan in den 1990er Jahren. Er gilt als „Architekt“ des Dayton-Abkommens, mit dem der Bosnienkrieg beigelegt wurde. Von 2009 bis zu seinem Tod war er US-Sondergesandter für Afghanistan und Pakistan. Wikipedia
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On the strategies of the Clinton Global Initiative conference, as quoted in "Clinton global aid meeting gathers $1.25 bln" in The (Malaysian) Star (18 September 2005) http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/9/18/worldupdates/2005-09-18T070527Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-216516-1&sec=Worldupdates
2000s
Kontext: The controlled chaos is one way to get creativity. The intensity of it, the physical rush, the intimacy created the kind of dialogue that leads to synergy … The U. N. by contrast is sterile, overly concerned with protocol, overly formal, filled with set-piece speeches. This is what the U. N. in theory is supposed to be but can't.
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This was an inaccurate way to describe IFOR's mandate. It was true IFOR was not supposed to make routine arrests of ordinary citizens. But IFOR had the authority to arrest indicted war criminals, and could also detain anyone who posed a threat to its forces. Knowing what the question meant, Smith had sent an unfortunate signal of reassurance to Karadzic - over his own network.
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„You've got to stop this war in Afghanistan.“
Last words, said to his Pakistani surgeon (13 December 2010), as reported in The Washington Post (14 December 2010).
2010s
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