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Agreement to Restore Gas Flows to Europe
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 3:46 pm | US State Department
The United States welcomes the agreement brokered by the Czech Presidency of the European Union to enable the restoration of gas flows to European customers and to provide greater transparency along the transit route. More >>
Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 3:45 pm | US State Department
QUESTION: Thank you very much. Madame Secretary, Iran. The President-elect has said that he wants a change of approach to Iran. Do you think a change of approach, engagement with Iran, can work? More >>
Common Values, Shared Interests: The United States
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:49 am | US State Department
“Our two continents are becoming more than neighbors united by the accident of geography. We’re becoming a community linked by common values and shared interests in the close bonds of family and friendship. These growing ties have helped advance ... More >>
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:48 am | US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I am pleased this morning to release the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 2009, the Annual Report to Congress. This report highlights the achievements of the first five years of PEPFAR, the largest commitment by any ... More >>
Background Note: Brazil
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:46 am | US State Department
Geography Area: 8,511,965 sq. km. (3,290,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than the U.S. Cities: Capital --Brasilia (pop. 2.5 million). Other cities --Sao Paulo (10.9 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.1 million), Belo Horizonte (2.4 million), Salvador (2.9 ... More >>
Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
Monday, 12 January 2009, 11:51 am | US State Department
U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director to the West Bank and Gaza Howard Sumka and Elizabeth Hopkins, Director for Assistance, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs will update the press on the humanitarian situation in Gaza on Friday, January ... More >>
US and Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership
Monday, 12 January 2009, 11:50 am | US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: Good morning. I am very pleased to welcome here my colleague, Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze, to sign the United States-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership. More >>
U.S.-Canada Boundary Waters Treaty
Monday, 12 January 2009, 11:48 am | US State Department
January 11 marks the 100th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. We note with pride the century of cooperation with Canada in managing water quality, quantity, and environmental health along our 5,525-mile border. The Treaty also established ... More >>
Background Note: Sao Tome and Principe
Monday, 12 January 2009, 11:44 am | US State Department
Geography Location: Western Africa; islands straddling the equator in the Gulf of Guinea west of Gabon. Area: 1,001 sq. km. (386 sq. mi.); about the size of metropolitan Indianapolis, or one-third the size of Rhode Island. Cities: Capital --Sao Tome. ... More >>
The Situation in the Middle East
Monday, 12 January 2009, 11:29 am | US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Mr. Secretary General. I am pleased to join the members of the Council for this important discussion tonight. It is obviously a very serious situation in Gaza. And while our goal must be the ... More >>
UN Envoy Meet On Rocket Firing
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:54 am | US State Department
One day after at least three rockets were fired into Israel from south Lebanon, the top United Nations envoy there met with Lebanese leaders to discuss measures to keep tensions from Gaza from spreading to that country, while UN peacekeepers discovered ... More >>
UN Agency To Resume Suspended Aid In Gaza
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:52 am | US State Department
The United Nations will resume suspended aid activities in Gaza as soon as possible after receiving credible assurances from Israel that the security of its personnel, installations and humanitarian operations will be fully respected during the current ... More >>
Possible War Crimes In Gaza Conflict
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:50 am | US State Department
The top United Nations human rights official today proposed a mission to assess violations and possible war crimes committed by both Israel and Hamas in the Gaza conflict, and called for immediate implementation of a ceasefire. More >>
U.S.-India Relations
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:48 am | US State Department
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER: Good evening. Let me say a few words and I’ve only got time to take one question. I just want to say that I’m always happy to be in Delhi -- happy to be back here with Ambassador Mulford, meeting with friends at the ... More >>
U.S.-Afghanistan Relations
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:46 am | US State Department
ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER: Good afternoon, everybody. It’s good to be back in Afghanistan. I’m sorry to bring you out on a holiday, which most of you probably were working today anyway, but I’m very glad to be back here. This is my first ... More >>
American Chamber of Commerce in China Breakfast
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:33 am | US State Department
DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: Thank you for your kind introduction, John I appreciate it. More >>
Condoleezza Rice Interview With People Magazine
Sunday, 11 January 2009, 11:32 am | US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: This is Condi Rice, how are you? QUESTION: Hi, it’s Sandra – SECRETARY RICE: Yes, how are you? QUESTION: – from People Magazine. Good. How are you? More >>
Rice At UNSC On the Situation in the Middle East
Friday, 9 January 2009, 5:12 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY RICE: Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you, Mr. Secretary General. I am pleased to join the members of the Council for this important discussion tonight. It is obviously a very serious situation in Gaza. And while our goal must be the ... More >>
New Ethiopian Law Restricts NGO Activities
Friday, 9 January 2009, 11:07 am | US State Department
The US is concerned that the Charities and Societies Proclamation (CSO law) passed this week by the Ethiopian Parliament appears to restrict civil society activities and international partners’ ability to support Ethiopia’s own development efforts. More >>
Background Note: Lesotho
Friday, 9 January 2009, 10:15 am | US State Department
Geography Area: 30,355 sq. km. (11,718 sq. mi.), about the size of Maryland. Cities: Capital --Maseru (173,700). Other cities -- Leribe (35,000), Mafeteng (32,900), Teyateyaneng (22,800), Mohale's Hoek (18,400). Terrain: High veld, plateau, and mountains. Climate: ... More >>
