Pamela Falk Quotes

The challenge for U.S. negotiators will be to determine what is a continuing negotiation and what is a stall... and the stakes are high. - Pamela Falk

The breakthrough agreement with North Korea not only diffuses a two-year stalemate but holds out the hope that Pyongyang will return to its international treaty obligations. - Pamela Falk

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. - Pamela Falk

Takes the pressure off the United Nations with regard to North Korea and avoids a contentious debate about sanctions at a time when talks with North Korea had stalled. - Pamela Falk

Surely, the reports will spur debate about U.S. military action against Iran, particularly since U.S.-Iran talks regarding Iraq are tentatively scheduled for mid-April and because U.S. military action would be opposed by most world leaders. - Pamela Falk

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. - Pamela Falk

Marathon negotiations along with implicit threats produced a result... allowing the first Muslim nation to begin a ten to fifteen year process for full membership in the European Union. - Pamela Falk

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

Iran?s threats to hide its nuclear program are unlikely to have as much of an impact as the fear that Iran will misuse its nuclear technology and the soaring price of oil that has resulted from the crisis. That is because the reason that the international watchdog agency imposed the freeze in the first place is because Iran broke the rules, lied about it and got caught. - Pamela Falk

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