Negotiators Quotes

There is clearly a sense of urgency, the clock continues to tick, the negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in the light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance and Annan is concerned the work might not be done. - Stephane Dujarric

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric. - Dick Wolf

The United States is eager to resume negotiations as soon as possible so that we can make rapid progress toward the elimination of North Korea's nuclear programs. Our negotiators are packed and ready to go. - Alexander Vershbow

The UN should arrange, as US forces leave, for an international group of peacekeepers and negotiators from the Arab countries to bring together Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, and work out a solution for self-governance that would give all three groups a share in political power. Simultaneously, the UN should arrange for shipments of food and medicine, from the United States and other countries, as well as engineers to help rebuild the country. - Howard Zinn

The reason negotiators can be so important is simply because as an entry team we have to feed off the negotiators for what we can't see and don't know. - Seth Herman

The NFL negotiators called us tonight to indicate that they will take our complete package to the owners for an approval vote on Tuesday. We have therefore agreed to extend the free agent deadline until midnight Wednesday in order to provide time for that vote to be accomplished. It was the NFL's previous rejection of our proposal earlier this evening that caused the talks to break down. - Gene Upshaw

The negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance. - Kofi Annan

The negotiators will likely continue negotiation sessions, and only after that President Clinton will decide on a date when he can invite the parties to a meeting in Washington. - Yasser Arafat

The negotiators met again [today]... Eight of the top 20 shows are not story-driven. That's why there is not going to be a strike. - Michael Eisner