Word: diplomat
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Nations since independence, you'll easily understand what kind of attachment the Korean people have. Now, as a fully democratic, politically mature and economically developed [country], Korea wants to do more for the U.N. That's why my government has nominated me as a candidate. I'm a career diplomat who has served our country and the international community for the last 37 years. I'm very much committed...
...former Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye commented, he is “a diplomat’s diplomat, very careful in what he says and does but very thoughtful...
...Fortunately for Fujisan, as the Japanese call the mountain, it's on the route of the best alpine garbageman in the world. His name is Ken Noguchi, and he is an unlikely candidate for such unglamorous work. The son of a wealthy Japanese diplomat and an Egyptian mother, Noguchi grew up as something of a wild child; he says his family was too busy to pay attention to him. His anxious father sent him to boarding school in England when he was 12, but Noguchi was just as lost there. "I was a dropout," he says. "What I sought...
...During the week there had been heated debates in the Iraqi parliament over how to define and how much autonomy to give to the federal regions of the country, with the Kurds audaciously showing a map of Kurdistan that included the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. The veteran diplomat sees a window of opportunity for the current unity government to resolve some half a dozen divisive issues, ranging from federalism to agreeing on how oil contracts will be issued to setting a firm timeline for disarming the insurgents and militias attached to political parties...
...trademark performance by the man who calls himself a "harmonizer" - quiet but effective. Now Ban, a Harvard-educated diplomat who has served his country for 36 years in New Delhi, Washington and at the United Nations, may face the ultimate diplomatic challenge. After winning Thursday's most recent straw U.N. Security Council straw poll, Ban has solidified his status as the front-runner in the race to replace Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is required to step down after completing his second term in the job at the end of 2006. If Ban wins - a big if, given the unpredictable...