By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with members of the Venezuelan Unitary Platform’s Negotiation Delegation today in Washington, D.C. She expressed support for a return to Venezuelan-led negotiations with the Maduro regime under the Mexico ...
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY) and Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX), along with Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Wicker (R-MD) released the following statement after President Biden signed H.R. 4693, the Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act into law today.
By State Newswire | Oct 20, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The United States is deeply concerned over reports of increasing violence, loss of life, indiscriminate targeting of civilians, and destruction in the conflict in northern Ethiopia, particularly around Shire in the Tigray region. We call on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces and Eritrean Defense Forces...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Today, Under Secretary Bonnie D. Jenkins announced the members of the Secretary’s International Security Advisory Board (ISAB). The full list of members and their biographies can be found on the ISAB website.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Begin Text: On Oct. 13, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held the 2nd annual U.S.-ROK Democratic Governance Consultations in Washington, DC. Under Secretary for Civil Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya delivered remarks highlighting the strength of the U.S.-ROK alliance,...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Ramin Toloui will travel October 18-20 to Des Moines, Iowa, to participate in the 2022 Borlaug Dialogue of the World Food Prize Foundation. He will discuss the U.S. role - both U.S. farmers and the Department of State - in strengthening global...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison will travel to Houston, Texas from October 19-21, 2022, to commemorate United Nations Day, which marks the anniversary of the UN Charter’s entry into force.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Austin, TX - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul issued the following statement in response to the growing fighting and violence in Ethiopia.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ian, the United States is providing to the Cuban people critical humanitarian aid to trusted international partners working directly with Cubans whose communities were devastated by the storm. The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, will provide $2 million in funding for emergency relief to those in need in Cuba.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: In this on-the-record, in-person briefing, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried discusses U.S. joining European Allies and partners in rejecting the notions of redrawing Ukrainian borders by force, followed by annexation. Assistant Secretary Donfried also addresses why that is important for Europe and what that means for Europe historically, currently, and for its future as both whole and free.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Thank you, Vikram, for that introduction and to the USIP team for hosting us this morning on this incredibly inspirational and important topic. It is an honor to be on this panel with Ambassador Vinh and Ambassador Knapper, who I visited in Vietnam a few weeks ago just before I traveled to Quang Tri province in central Vietnam to see U.S. funded projects to find and remove unexploded ordnance (UXO).
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: Following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ian, the United States is providing to the Cuban people critical humanitarian aid to trusted international partners working directly with Cubans whose communities were devastated by the storm. The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, will provide $2 million in funding for emergency relief to those in need in Cuba.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. We’re gathered today as we see remarkable displays of courage throughout Iran as women, young people, and many others continue to stand up for the fundamental rights that continue to be denied them by the Iranian regime. This is in many ways not a new story;...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Concluding our first year back on the Human Rights Council, the United States leveraged its leadership position - working with allies, partners, and civil society - to have the Council reflect and reinforce the universal values, aspirations, and norms that have underpinned the UN system since its founding...
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The United States and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) held their 10th Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue on Oct. 14, 2022, in Vientiane, in which the two sides discussed their ever-expanding range of cooperation.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: Buna ziua! My name is Geoff Pyatt, and I am the State Department’s new Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources. I am really delighted to be here in Bucharest as part of my first trip as Assistant Secretary.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
Release: The United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas speaks from Singapore, during Singapore International Cyber Week. The Secretary’s trip to the region aims to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s close cooperation with partners in the Indo-Pacific region on a wide range of critical security matters. He takes questions from participating journalists.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today seven Sports Envoy programs being held around the world during the month of October. The Sports Envoy program sends professional American athletes and coaches on weeklong experiences to engage in sports-based programming that encourage stronger, more peaceful ties between Americans and people of other countries.