But Mr. Khalilzad, in remarks to reporters in Washington, made it clear that the United States believed that Syria was providing assistance to insurgents operating in Iraq and that such help might have increased.
Ouattara's camp has been confident in recent days that such help is coming.
Ms. Kendle hopes that such help can give Matthias a taste of academic success, germinating some self-esteem.
"There is some degree of gratitude for the help that the Japanese provided, to the extent that such help was provided.
"But if we receive military supplies from friendly countries the time will be less," he says, an indication that such help has perhaps not yet materialised despite talk of Egyptian, Emirati and Saudi support.
Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss federal justice minister, told another newspaper, SonntagsBlick, that the payment was an "enormous blow for the social cohesion of our country" and that such "help-yourself mentality" was damaging confidence in the economy.
And although there are agencies, including our own, offering free legal assistance to poor and low-income tenants facing eviction, many people do not know that such help exists, and even if they do, demand far outstrips the services available.
It appears that such help is being formalized, partly because so many more managers are losing jobs and partly because more two-career families are involved, adding to job-search complexities.
His research shows that such help can reduce the melt by as much as 20%.
Some suggested that such help needed to be more structured and that consultants themselves needed to recognise that they should occasionally ask for help.
