Posted by Luis CdeBaca on Aug 06, 2009 - 03:42 PM
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Secretary Clinton, who has led the fight against modern-day slavery for over a decade, has introduced a new way forward in tackling this heinous crime. To our three ‘P’ paradigm of prosecution, protection, and prevention, she is adding a fourth ‘P’: partnership.
This includes partnership between governments; between law enforcement and NGOs; between federal, state, and local agencies; and between the public and private sectors. So, we are committed to fostering partnerships…
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Posted by Reno Harnish on Jul 31, 2009 - 12:15 PM
We went to Sharm el-Sheikh at the explicit instructions of Secretary Clinton. She wanted us to join the International Renewable Energy Agency. This is at the heart, really, of President Obama’s policy for clean energy, clean tech, clean jobs. And he has devoted himself to this. As you remember, $61 billion worth of programs, grants and guarantees were in the stimulus package. And he’s pledged 150 billion in revenues over the next ten years to…
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Posted by Patrick Ventrell on Jul 30, 2009 - 09:48 PM
Today, Ambassador Susan Rice signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on behalf of the U.S. Government. This is really a landmark moment, as the United States joins 141 other nations who have already signed what President Obama calls “the first new human rights convention of the 21st Century.” The signing took place on the 38th floor of UN Headquarters, and there was palpable excitement in the air — the United States is back to fully participate on human rights issues on the international stage.
Because of renovations to UN Headquarters (the multi-year Capital Master Plan is already in motion to completely update the UN from a 1950s iconic landmark,…
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Posted by Elizabeth Frawley Bagley on Jul 27, 2009 - 01:50 PM
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Developing new partnerships around the world is at the heart of the Obama Administration’s foreign policy.
That was the clear message delivered by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her major address at the Council on Foreign Relations July 15, 2009. She called for creating a new architecture of cooperation to meet today’s global challenges and “tilting the balance away from a multi-polar world and toward a multi-partner world.”
This vision extends beyond cooperation with governments and multilateral institutions…
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Posted by Julie M. Rottier on Jul 20, 2009 - 11:48 AM
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My friends and family are often surprised when I tell them the U.S. Department of State works on space policy, and that I am a part of that effort. International cooperation is key to successful space exploration. Space diplomacy is a very delicate matter and leaves little room for error. The 40th anniversary of the moon landing this week is a reminder for me why the Department continues to advance space issues. Since the landing, much progress has been made through space exploration,…
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