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The Right to a Nationality: Women and Children Human Rights
Friday, 6 July 2012, 2:47 pm | US State Department
Today at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, its members adopted by consensus a resolution on “The Right to a Nationality: Women and Children.” This resolution, which the United States led with Botswana, Colombia, Mexico, Iraq, Turkey, and Slovakia, aimed ... More >>
Iranian First Vice-President Rahimi's Anti-Semitic Comments
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 2:08 pm | US State Department
We strongly condemn Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi’s vile anti-Semitic and racist comments on June 26 at the International Day Against Drug Abuse conference in Tehran. More >>
Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 1:07 pm | US State Department
QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much. I know it’s been a very long and intense day. Let’s begin with that critical point that you’ve talked about so many times, that Assad has to step down, leave. Now, it appears that the Russians ... More >>
Interview With Indira Lakshmanan of Bloomberg
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 1:03 pm | US State Department
So today in Geneva this political transition plan that has been endorsed didn’t have the strongest language that the U.S. had hoped for. What makes you think that Russia and China are committed to pulling their support for Assad? What makes you ... More >>
Interview With Michele Kelemen of NPR
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 11:51 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Thank you for joining us here. Kofi Annan called it a serious agreement, this push for a new transitional government, but it seems quite vague. He said that it can include current government officials and opposition figures, as long as there’s ... More >>
Press Availability Following the Meeting of the Action Group
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 11:40 am | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon. As you’ve just heard from Special Envoy Annan, today the international community came together to endorse a plan for a democratic transition in Syria that aims to end the violence and pave the way for a post-Assad ... More >>
DR Congo: Findings of the Group of Experts
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 11:38 am | US State Department
The United States welcomes the release of the findings of the Group of Experts of the UN Security Council’s Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee. We are deeply concerned about the report’s findings that Rwanda is implicated in ... More >>
Background Briefing on Syria
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 11:36 am | US State Department
SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL: So before we sat down to dinner, the two ministers spent almost an hour one-on-one talking about Syria. They were talking, first and foremost, about preparing the meeting in Geneva tomorrow. More >>
Bosnia: International Criminal Tribunal Decision on Karadzic
Tuesday, 3 July 2012, 11:31 am | US State Department
QUESTION: Is the United States disappointed with the dismissal of one of two genocide counts against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic? More >>
Resolution of United Technologies Corporation Arms Case
Monday, 2 July 2012, 2:28 pm | US State Department
United Technologies Corporation (UTC) has agreed to pay more than $75 million as part of a “global settlement” with the State Department and Justice Department to address arms export violations to China, false and belated disclosures to the U.S. Government about these illegal exports, and many other compliance failures. More >>
Remarks at the Expeditionary Diplomacy Awards
Monday, 2 July 2012, 2:23 pm | US State Department
It is an honor to welcome so many veterans of the “provinces,” the “districts,” and the “platforms.” You conquered difficult and dangerous challenges on the frontlines, and many of you went back for more. America is safer for your courage ... More >>
Townterview With Latvian Youth, Hosted by LTV
Monday, 2 July 2012, 2:15 pm | US State Department
MR. GESTE: (In progress) welcome to Riga, Latvia. It’s very nice to have you here today And Latvia is a land that sings. And Latvians have very strong singing traditions. And celebrating your 100th visit, we’d like to open this conversation with a traditional ... More >>
Significant Reductions of Iranian Crude Oil Purchases
Monday, 2 July 2012, 2:09 pm | US State Department
Today I have made the determination that two additional countries, China and Singapore, have significantly reduced their volume of crude oil purchases from Iran. As a result, I will report to the Congress that sanctions pursuant to Section 1245(d)(1) of the ... More >>
Implementing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
Monday, 2 July 2012, 1:29 pm | US State Department
The five Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) nuclear-weapon states, or “P5,” met in Washington on June 27-29, 2012, in the wake of the 2009 London and 2011 Paris P5 conferences to review progress towards fulfilling the commitments made at the ... More >>
Ethiopian Court's Conviction of Eskinder Nega
Monday, 2 July 2012, 12:32 pm | US State Department
We are deeply concerned about the Ethiopian government’s conviction of a number of journalists and opposition members under the Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. This practice raises serious questions and concerns about the intent of the law, and about ... More >>
Remarks With Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja
Monday, 2 July 2012, 11:27 am | US State Department
The United States and Finland share such a strong partnership on so many important areas from security to energy to human rights and, in particular, women’s rights. I remarked to the Minister that I keep a little running tally as I sit across the ... More >>
The Road to Rio+20: International Goals, Subnational Actions
Monday, 2 July 2012, 10:27 am | US State Department
I would like to start by thanking ICLEI for highlighting the importance of cities in the creation of a sustainable future. Today, I want to identify the opportunity for Rio+20 to highlight these issues and to enhance efforts on urban sustainability ... More >>
Rio+C40: Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change
Monday, 2 July 2012, 10:24 am | US State Department
Good morning. I am the Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. It’s an honor to be here among so many mayors from around the world. You are very much on the front lines of sustainable development ... More >>
New Housing Compound in Haiti Receives GSA Achievement Award
Monday, 2 July 2012, 10:16 am | US State Department
The Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations’ (OBO) housing project in Port-au-Prince, Haiti received the General Services Administration (GSA) 2012 Achievement Award for Real Property Innovation in the Asset Management category. ... More >>
Remarks at the U.S.-Spain Council
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 1:22 pm | US State Department
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well it is truly my pleasure to join you. I regret very much that I was unable to be with you at dinner last night, but I thank the hosts for being willing to let me come this afternoon to congratulate you on this, the 17th ... More >>
