United Kingdom Recipe

Liberalized trade -- in broadly multilateral, regional or bilateral agreements -- is a key ingredient in the recipe for prosperity. And the benefits for developing countries are even greater -- on a proportional basis -- than for the United States. New global trade negotiations will, if they succeed, generate $90 billion to $190 billion a year in higher incomes for developing nations, according to a study by Joseph Francois of Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Recent World Bank research found that developing countries that embraced globalization grew three-and-a-half times faster than developing countries that did not. As Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, put it, "The poor are poor not because of too much globalization but because of too little." ... [Read More]

The Administration’s Position With Regard to Iraq (As Delivered)

( As Prepared)As Delivered(2:55 p.m. EDT) SECRETARY POWELL:  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.  And, Mr. Chairman, it's a great pleasure to be back before the committee.  I alw ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Powell Tells Senators Iraq Convicts Itself by Its Actions

Many U.N. members, including some on the Security Council, want to take Iraq at its word and send inspectors back in right now without any new resolution or new authority. And we believe that this would be a recipe for failure. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: Trial HIV/AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise

"IAVI is accelerating the Oxford-Nairobi DNA-MVA candidates while at the same time aggressively pursuing many other, entirely different designs," said Dr. Wayne Koff, IAVI's Senior Vice President for Research and Development. "No one knows the magic recipe for an AIDS vaccine. The surest path is to try multiple approaches at once, comparing them against each other to see which are best." ...

Besides these two vaccines in human trials, IAVI is developing several other prospects. IAVI's Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Dr. Wayne Koff, said, "No one knows the magic recipe for an AIDS vaccine. The surest path is to try multiple approaches at once, comparing them against each other to see which are best." ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: Rice Says Removal of Saddam Hussein Advances War on Terror

The building of a new Iraq provides a new opportunity for a different kind of Middle East. Today, the 22 countries of this vital region have a combined population of 300 million -- but a combined GDP less than that of Spain. It is a region suffering from what leading Arab intellectuals call a political and economic "freedom deficit". And it is a region where hopelessness provides a fertile ground for ideologies that convince promising youths to aspire not to a university education, a career, or a family, but to blowing themselves up -- taking as many innocent lives with them as possible. These ingredients are a recipe for great instability and pose a direct threat to America's security. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Powell Sees Elections as Key to Defeating Insurgency in Iraq

MR. NADER: What is the recipe, in your opinion, to get rid of the insurgencies in Iraq? ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: World Food Aid Needs at Record Level, USAID Official Says

Mr. Chairman, as I have just reported, global food insecurity is complex and dynamic. There is no standard recipe of assistance that will solve all of the country or regional crises that I briefly described above. Each food security crisis must be addressed based upon the unique causes of that particular situation. The international community must develop a set of tools that are flexible enough to address the unique causes of each particular crisis. Those tools, together with the recipient government's attention to good governance and sound policies, will enable the global community to provide truly effective assistance. ... [Read More]