We haven't made any decisions, in terms of announcements or any other forward moving there. I've described for you our goals and the road map. And I can't give you any more dates. It's something we're still looking at.

It's our expectation that the secretary-general's mission ... will examine all the circumstances leading to the recent events in Venezuela.

We urge all parties there to work together to maintain peace, support the constitution and promote national reconciliation.

But that of course is insufficient. What we want is access so that we can make those determinations ourselves.

Inter-Korean dialogue is the key to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

East Africa has been an area of terrorist threats and indeed terrorist attacks in the past. Those threats are still out there.

We want all of these things to happen now. The time is now for a cease-fire and the start of Tenet.

As with the issue of censorship, while we understand the seriousness of the crisis that Sri Lanka faces, we call on the government to avoid restrictions of civil liberties.

The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process.