Word: envoys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Rubble That Was Jenin The fallout from Israel's offensive in the Jenin refugee camp seemed certain to jeopardize peace efforts, despite Israeli assurances that the operation was aimed at rooting out potential suicide bombers. Describing conditions after the two-week siege as "horrifying beyond belief," U.N. Middle East envoy Terje Roed-Larson said Israel had "lost all moral ground" in the conflict. But U.S. President George W. Bush defended Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a "man of peace," saying Israel was meeting a timetable to pull back from Palestinian territories. With the army still encircling West Bank towns, Yasser...
...Powell's slow journey to Jerusalem may have helped him, in part, by cooling expectations of what he will be able to achieve. The Secretary of State is the envoy of a U.S. administration whose Middle East policy is in flux. For the first time, perhaps, he has the freedom to speak frankly about the limitations of Sharon's military offensive in solving Israel's terrorism problem. "However long the Israeli incursion continues?there will still be people willing to resort to violence and suicide bombings," Powell warned Thursday. "The violence and anger and frustration which feeds that will still...
...help. Sources inside Arafat's office told TIME that Arafat warned of a bloody battle between his forces and the Israeli army, hoping that prospect would prompt the international community to force the Israelis to desist. He phoned the Jerusalem hotel room of Anthony Zinni, the U.S. special envoy to the region, and pleaded with him to tell his bosses in the Bush Administration to stop what was about to happen. "It's an attack on me personally," he said. "They want...
...week earlier. Bush continued his criticism of Arafat for not reining in "terrorist networks," but also called on Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territories and halt settlement activity. Bush also announced that he would be sending Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region to take over where U.S. envoy Anthony Zinni had failed, in trying to arrange peace negotiations. Though it gave a positive response to Bush's new intervention and allowed Zinni to visit Arafat at his headquarters, Israel kept its stranglehold on the West Bank towns...
NORTH KOREA Diplomatic Overture A visit to Pyongyang by a South Korean delegation led by envoy Lim Dong Won produced a limited improvement in relations. After initial accusations that Seoul and Washington were plotting together to invade, the North's tone mellowed and it offered to resume dialogue with the U.S. By extending his visit by a day, Lim also came away with agreement on further family reunions and more economic talks...