News from October 2021
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hey, good morning. Good morning, everyone, (inaudible) great to see you. I’m really pleased to be with Jose Manuel. We’ve been doing a lot of work on the phone in recent months, but it’s good to be – actually to be able to get together in person. We are so grateful for the role that ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello, everyone, and a real pleasure to be here with the vice president and foreign minister of Colombia. Marta Lucia, wonderful to see you. We have been working very closely together for these past several months, including a very good visit to Washington a few months ago.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio today in Paris. Secretary Blinken thanked Foreign Minister Di Maio for close coordination on Afghanistan, including Italy’s support for the temporary transit of thousands ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares today in Paris. The Secretary conveyed deep U.S. appreciation for Spain’s continued support of the relocation and transit of individuals from Afghanistan. Secretary ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramírez today in Paris. Secretary Blinken and Vice President Ramírez discussed the strong cooperation between the United States and Colombia on regional and global issues, ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman had a substantive and in-depth meeting in Delhi with Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla. The Deputy Secretary and Foreign Secretary discussed the growing security, economic, and Indo-Pacific convergence ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed on the importance of a prompt return to mutual compliance by Iran and the U.S. with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The two sides additionally emphasized the importance of continued coordination on current topics in the bilateral relationship.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: MODERATOR: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen – those in the room, those watching online – to this final press conference for the OECD’s Ministerial Council Meeting. We’ll have a – we’ll hear a few remarks from the Secretary-General, followed by remarks from the Secretary of State, who chaired the meeting. And then we will take some questions and answers. I now hand the floor over to the Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today with Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar in New Delhi to further expand the U.S.-India comprehensive global strategic partnership. They discussed regional developments, including in ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: QUESTION: Fabulous. Secretary, thank you so much for speaking to Bloomberg.
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: The United States warmly welcomes the appointment of Staffan de Mistura as the new UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary General for Western Sahara. Personal Envoy de Mistura brings considerable expertise – addressing challenges in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria – to this important position and we will actively ...
By State Newswire | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: We are disappointed by the reports that a Saudi court has upheld the 20-year prison sentence followed by an equal length travel ban for Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman al-Sadhan for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. We have closely monitored his case and are concerned by allegations ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: VERONA, MO – Two complaints of unsafe working conditions at a Verona nutrition production plant led federal safety and health inspectors to investigate allegations of worker exposure to multiple safety and health hazards, including toxic substances, combustible dust and moving machinery parts.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Thomson Reuters Corp. to resolve alleged pay discrimination in the company’s U.S. headquarters office in New York.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Aecom Management Services have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination at its Virginia Beach location. An OFCCP compliance evaluation ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: VERONA, MO – Two complaints of unsafe working conditions at a Verona nutrition production plant led federal safety and health inspectors to investigate allegations of worker exposure to multiple safety and health hazards, including toxic substances, combustible dust and moving machinery parts.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor has entered into a conciliation agreement with Thomson Reuters Corp. to resolve alleged pay discrimination in the company’s U.S. headquarters office in New York.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
News Release: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs and Aecom Management Services have entered into an Early Resolution Conciliation Agreement to resolve allegations of hiring discrimination at its Virginia Beach location. An OFCCP compliance evaluation ...
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2021
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
