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Policy Dialogue on Healthy Women, Healthy Economies
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 11:48 am | US State Department
Secretary Hillary Clinton came here last November to underscore the commitment of the United States government to the people of Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific region. She recognized the critical importance of investing in women and girls and ... More >>
Denying Terrorists Safe Havens: Efforts to Counter Threats
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 11:44 am | US State Department
Thank you for the opportunity to appear before this Committee today. Denying terrorists safe haven plays a major role in undermining terrorists' capacity to operate effectively and forms a key element of what we’re doing in the State Department on counterterrorism. More >>
Senior Government Officials En Route to Abu Dhabi, UAE
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 11:33 am | US State Department
I think it would be useful to look at what’s happened since the last meeting in Rome on the 5th of May and now. We’ve seen an increase in the calls for Qadhafi’s departure, public statements by the Russians, the Turks, even the Mauritanians, so ... More >>
East Asia and the Pacific: Daily Press Briefing:June 8, 2011
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 10:48 am | US State Department
Just briefly at the top, I did want to mention that the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS begins today at the UN and runs through Friday, June 10th. The meeting takes place as the world marks the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of HIV/AIDS ... More >>
Competition to Support Americas' Energy/Climate Partnership
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 2:21 pm | US State Department
At the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, President Obama invited all governments, international organizations, private industry, and civil society to deepen Inter-American collaboration by joining the Energy and Climate ... More >>
Clinton: Remarks With French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:13 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. And let me begin by expressing how delighted I am to have been able to welcome Minister Juppe to Washington again. He is no stranger to Washington, and I am delighted to be working with him. We just recently met in ... More >>
Additional Public Meetings on Keystone XL Pipeline
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:11 pm | US State Department
The U.S. Department of State plans to hold six additional public meetings as part of the permit review process for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. More >>
Remarks on the Launching of the Women's World Cup Initiative
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:09 pm | US State Department
Well, this is one of my favorite events that we’ve held here in the Ben Franklin Room. That’s Ben Franklin up there, one of our founders and a man who, I think, would be very pleased to see all of you here today, because he was a great believer ... More >>
Shutdown of the Internet in Syria
Tuesday, 7 June 2011, 3:07 pm | US State Department
We are deeply concerned by reports that Internet service has been shut down across much of Syria, as have some mobile communication networks. We condemn any effort to suppress the Syrian people’s exercise of their rights to free expression, assembly, ... More >>
Block Burmese JADE Act and Recent Policy Developments
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:52 pm | US State Department
After a comprehensive policy review, which Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell outlined for your Committee in October 2009, the United States launched a dual-track Burma policy, combining pressure with direct dialogue with the regime. More >>
U.S.-Colombia High-Level Partnership Dialogue
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:49 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Please, be seated. And thank you so much for what I have heard has been a very productive day as we put some meat on the bones of the High-Level Partnership Dialogue. And I’m very pleased to be here with the foreign minister ... More >>
South Africa: MAC AIDS Fund against Gender Violence
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:43 pm | US State Department
I’m delighted you could be here for this very important announcement of an exciting new partnership that touches on two of our greatest challenges and two very high personal priorities for me: stopping violence against women, and stemming the tide ... More >>
Honduras Readmitted Into the Organization of American States
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:39 pm | US State Department
Remarks Arturo Valenzuela Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Washington, DC June 2, 2011 More >>
Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:37 pm | US State Department
Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Representative Berman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act. The United States remains committed to a denuclearized North Korea that ... More >>
Daily Press Briefing - June 1, 2011
Friday, 3 June 2011, 2:16 pm | US State Department
Just before taking your questions, we saw reports earlier today that the Iranian human rights activist Haleh Sahabi died during her father’s funeral, and that was after an intervention from Iranian security forces. Both Haleh and her father suffered ... More >>
Concern About Freedom of Assembly in Russia
Monday, 30 May 2011, 11:39 am | US State Department
We note with concern that in Moscow on Saturday, May 28, a peaceable demonstration of Russians advocating for the rights of gays and lesbians, joined by international supporters, was forcefully disrupted by counter-protesters, and that Russian security ... More >>
Special Envoy Dispatched for Abyei Crisis and Darfur Talks
Monday, 30 May 2011, 11:37 am | US State Department
Ambassador Princeton Lyman, the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, is being dispatched to ongoing peace talks about Darfur in Doha, Qatar and to Sudan to address the recent crisis in Abyei and outstanding North-South issues. More >>
Daily Press Briefing - May 27, 2011
Monday, 30 May 2011, 11:17 am | US State Department
MR. TONER: Well, welcome to the State Department. Before we get into your questions and my announcements, I just did want to call everyone’s attention to the fact that Ambassador Victoria Nuland, otherwise known as “Toria” Nuland, has joined ... More >>
Clinton: Remarks With Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Monday, 30 May 2011, 11:08 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Admiral Mullen and I have just completed a very extensive, open, frank, and constructive discussion with the leadership of Pakistan – with the president, the prime minister, the chief of staff of the army, General Kayani, the head of ISI, ... More >>
Designation of Caucasus Emirate
Friday, 27 May 2011, 2:11 pm | US State Department
The Secretary of State has designated North Caucasus-based Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz, IK) under Presidential Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists, terrorist organizations or acts of terrorism. More >>
