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Documenting Russia’s Destructive Impact on Food Storage in Ukraine
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Declaration of Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security
Declaration of Leaders’ Summit on Global Food Security
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United States Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the COVID Global Action Plan Ministerial Meeting
Release: AMBASSADOR THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Good afternoon and welcome, everyone, to today’s ministerial on the COVID-19 Global Action Plan. Sadly, as some of you may know, Secretary Blinken’s father just passed away, so he is not able to join us today. He very much wanted to be here, and he sends his best. And I know all of us are sending him our best and our condolences during his time of mourning. It is really my honor to represent the United States today in his stead.
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United States and Canada Joint Statement on Support for the Haiti Security Basket Fund
Release: The United States and Canada are pleased to contribute to the “Joint Programme for the Haitian National Police," a multi-donor basket fund on security in Haiti, which is managed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in coordination with the Haitian National Police (HNP), UN Integrated Office...

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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today with PRC State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York City. The Secretary discussed the need to maintain open lines of communication and responsibly ...
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Joint Readout of Quad Ministerial Meeting
Release: The following is the joint readout released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of Australia, India, and Japan.
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Guidelines for Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific
News Release: The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States met in New York on 23 September 2022 and signed into operation the Guidelines for the ‘Quad Partnership on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in the Indo-Pacific’. This partnership was announced by Quad Leaders in Tokyo on 24 May 2022, as part of a shared vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive and resilient.

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Briefing with Senior Administration Officials on the Administration’s Efforts to Advance the Free Flow of Information For the Iranian People
News Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining today’s call. We have with us [Senior State Department Official] and [Senior Treasury Department Official]. They will discuss today’s release of General License D-2 authorizing the export of certain services, software, and hardware related ...
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United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan
News Release: The United States is providing nearly $327 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help the people of Afghanistan. This funding includes nearly $119 million through the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and nearly $208 million through the U.S. Agency for International ...
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State Department discusses Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization MEPC 79 Meeting on Sept. 23
The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Notice of Shipping Coordinating Committee Meeting in Preparation for International Maritime Organization MSC 106 Meeting discussed on Sept. 23 by State Department
The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

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Advancing the Free Flow of Information for the Iranian People
Release: Today we are issuing a General License to advance our efforts and commitments to ensure that the Iranian people can freely access information online. This update modernizes the Treasury Department license to expand the free flow of information and access to fact-based information to people in Iran consistent...
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U.S. Environmental and Conservation Priorities
Release: Assistant Secretary Medina updates media on U.S. environmental priorities and her meetings during High Level Week of the UN General Assembly. She will also discuss U.S. objectives in the coming months including combating plastic pollution and nature crimes, fighting the climate crisis, and reversing biodiversity loss.
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Joint Statement on Atlantic Cooperation
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of The United States of America and Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cote d Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ireland, Mauritania, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, and the United Kingdom on the occasion of a joint statement for cooperation in the Atlantic.
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Leaders in the Americas Must Protect Defenders of the Environment
Release: The below is a reposting of an OpEd originally published by the Miami Herald on Sept. 20, 2022.

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Australia Commits to the Clean Energy Demand Initiative’s Goals with Corporate Partners
Release: Today in Pittsburgh, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry joined the Government of Australia as it signed a Letter of Intent between the Australian government, represented by Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen, and nine companies - Akamai, Amazon, Cisco, Google, Iron Mountain,...
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Chairs’ Statement on the COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Bangladesh, Botswana, and Spain on the occasion of the COVID-19 Group Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial.

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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa Before Their Meeting
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s really wonderful to be with my colleagues, my friends here this morning. I think our meeting today, including the document we’re about to sign is evidence that the Quad is strong and getting stronger, strengthening our multilateral cooperation. I think ...

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