Press Releases: April 2011



-04/30/11  Dialogue With Young African Leaders; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/30/11  Travel of Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/30/11  Visit by Russian Officials to Abkhazia and South Ossetia; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Assistant Secretary of State Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Maldives and Sri Lanka; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Department of State and Fortune Most Powerful Women Host Sixth International Women Leaders Mentoring Partnership Program; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Thomas Nides Travels to South Africa and Mozambique; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Joint Statement on U.S.-Mexico Merida High-Level Consultative Group; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  On the Record Briefing;  Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Queen's Day in the Netherlands;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Remarks With Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Remarks with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  Secretary Clinton to Travel to Rome, Italy; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  The Human Rights Council's Special Session on Syria;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  The Marshall Islands National Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  United States - Southern African Development Community Delegation Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/29/11  United States and Peru Hold Environmental Meetings; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  More Than 200 Foreign Community Leaders from 31 Countries and Territories Convene; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Remarks With Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Madison Room; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Secretary Clinton Meets with Students and Teachers from Bosnia and Herzegovina; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Special Envoy Lyman Dispatched to Darfur Peace Talks in Doha, Observe Southern Kordofan Elections; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to New Delhi, Kabul, Islamabad, and Riyadh; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Terrorist Attack in Marrakech, Morocco;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  U.S. Department of State Announces The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad's 2011 Spring Tour Schedule; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  U.S. Department of State and U.S. Soccer Announce 2011 Soccer Initiative, Kicks-Off Exchanges in Germany; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/27/11  2011 Hours Against Hate, A Town Hall Discussion with the Department of State; Washington, DC
-04/27/11  Under Secretary Burns to Meet with Minsk Group Co-Chairs; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  Briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East and Other Issues;  Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  Continued Crackdown on Uganda's "Walk-to-Work" Protests; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  Merida High-Level Consultative Group on Bilateral Cooperation Against Transnational Organized Crime; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  U.S. Department of State and Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Memorandum of Understanding; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  U.S. Response to the Mekong River Commission's Review of the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Dam; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Chinese
-04/26/11  Under Secretary McHale to Deliver Remarks at Exchanges 2.0 Summit; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/25/11  Meetings on Forest Sector Governance; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/25/11  U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue To Be Held May 9 10, 2011 In Washington, DC; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/25/11  Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs María Otero Leads the "Earth Day 6k Walk for Water"; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/22/11  Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Assistant Secretary Ann Stock Travel to Turkey; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/22/11  Joint Statement on the Second Annual U.S.-AU High Level Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/22/11  Special Advisor for Children's Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs to Travel to Guatemala; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/22/11  U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Introduces Design Excellence Initiative; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/21/11  Appointment of Christopher Painter as Coordinator for Cyber Issues; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/21/11  Conversations With America: U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/21/11  U.S.-Netherlands Joint Statement on Supporting Women's Political Empowerment in Emerging Democracies; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/21/11  United States and China To Hold Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Chinese
-04/20/11  1000th ISAF Supply Mission Transits Russian Airspace; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  Releases Benchmarks to Meet Energy and Sustainability Goals; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  Remarks With Haitian President-elect Michel Martelly After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  Screening of "Burma Soldier" Followed by a Panel Discussion With Myo Myint; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  Security Council Strengthens Global Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Measures; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  U.S. Senior Advisor on Darfur Travels to Rwanda, Qatar, and Sudan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  Under Secretary Burns Presents Human Rights Awards; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/19/11  Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Chornobyl;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC (Also available in Russian and Persian)
-04/19/11  Election in Nigeria;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
-04/19/11  Secretary Clinton To Meet With President-Elect Martelly on April 20; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/19/11  Secretary Clinton and Former Secretary Kissinger To Hold "Conversations on Diplomacy"; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/19/11  The United States and the African Union; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic, Portuguese and French
-04/19/11  U.S. Participation in the Kyiv Summit and Chornobyl Pledging Conference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Russian
-04/19/11  United States-African Union High Level Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/18/11  Joint Statement on Meeting of U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue Working Group On Economics & Finance; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
-04/18/11  Readout of Assistant Secretary Feltman's Trip to Baghdad (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
-04/18/11  United States and Saudi Arabia Initial Open Skies Agreement; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/17/11  Remarks Before Meeting With Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Tokyo, Japan
-04/17/11  Remarks Before Meeting With Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Tokyo, Japan
-04/17/11  Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Iikura Guest House; Tokyo, Japan
-04/17/11  Remarks at Meeting With the Staff and Families of Embassy Tokyo;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Embassy Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan
-04/17/11  Remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce Breakfast;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Grand Hyatt Hotel; Seoul, South Korea Also available in Arabic
-04/16/11  Remarks With South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Foreign Minister's Residence; Seoul, South Korea
-04/15/11  EARTH DAY 2011 - U.S. Embassy Sofia Increases its Energy-Efficiency; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/15/11  Initial Public-Private Partnerships Forged Under U.S.-China Women-LEAD Initiative; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Chinese
-04/15/11  Memorandum of Understanding Signed Between the United States and Pakistan for Equipment; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/15/11  Remarks at Meeting with Staff and Families of Embassy Berlin and U.S. NATO;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Berlin, Germany
-04/15/11  Remarks at Memorial Service for Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; American Academy; Berlin, Germany
-04/15/11  Remarks at Press Availability;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Embassy Berlin; Berlin, Germany Also available in Persian
-04/15/11  Remarks at Rathenau Prize Ceremony;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Berlin, Germany
-04/15/11  State Department Releases Keystone XL Pipeline Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/15/11  U.S. Contributes $126.8 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Persian, French and Arabic
-04/15/11  Under Secretary of State Judith A. McHale Travel to Tunisia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/15/11  Visit of Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/14/11  Secretary Clinton Lends Her Voice to the 2011 Hours Against Hate Campaign; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/14/11  Travel of Ambassador Melanne S. Verveer to the Middle East; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
-04/14/11  Wi Sung-lac Visit (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  Commencement of New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Inspection Activities; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  Continued Attacks on Libyan Civilians;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  Media Registration and Accommodation Information for the APEC Ministerial Meetings; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  Travel of Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon to Berlin, Germany; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  U.S. State Department Helps Ukraine Eliminate SCUD Missile System; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  Gala Dinner Celebrating the U.S.-Islamic World Forum;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium; Washington, DC (Also available in Arabic, Chinese, and French)
-04/12/11  Remarks With Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  Remarks at the 10th Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kennedy Center; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  Remarks at the U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE);  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on Culture; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Chinese
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on Education; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on Science and Technology; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on Sports; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on Women's Issues; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/12/11  U.S.-China CPE Cooperation on the 100,000 Strong Initiative; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Bengali New Year - Poila Boishakh Message;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Bureau of International Information Programs Coordinator Dawn L. McCall Travels to Los Angeles and San Francisco; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Flooding in Namibia;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Khmer New Year;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Lao New Year;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Nepali New Year (Bikram Sambat) Message;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Secretary Clinton to Co-Chair the Closing Session of the U.S.-China High-Level Consultation; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Secretary Clinton to Travel to Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Songkran Festival - Thai New Year;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Travel of Assistant Secretary Rose E. Gottemoeller to London, England; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Travel of Undersecretary for Political Affairs, William J. Burns; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/11/11  Ugandan Opposition Leaders Arrested for "Walk-to-Work" Protest; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/09/11  Fighting in Ivory Coast; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/09/11  The First Session of the Bilateral Consultative Commission Under the New START Treaty; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  "Passport Day in the USA" Cancelled; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  Assistant Secretary Campbell's Travel (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to Tajikistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  GCC Initiative in Yemen; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  Preparation for Possible Government "Shutdown"; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/11  Situation at Camp Ashraf in Iraq; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  17th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Flooding in Thailand;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  International Roma Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Interview With Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Iranian Journalist Ahmad Zeidabadi Named 2011 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize Winner;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Joint Statement on U.S.-Turkey Consultations on Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Remarks With United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the Annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Washington on April 12; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal and Professor Deborah Lipstadt Commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Adolf Eichmann Trial; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  UNESCO Youth Forum Application Process Open; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson to Observe Nigeria's Elections; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer to Travel to Geneva, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Inauguration of the Republic of Niger's President and Parliament;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Rewards for Justice - Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri Reward Offer; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Secretary Clinton to Release Annual Human Rights Report on April 8 (Updated); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  The Office of the Historian Announces that the Proceedings of "Foreign Economic Policy 1973-1976" are Available Online; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  U.S. Government Humanitarian Assistance in Response to the Libya Crisis; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher and Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller to speak at GZ|DC Global Zero Convention; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/05/11  Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at "Rescue and Refuge: Tribute to Persons of Courage" on April 6; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/05/11  U.S. Senior Advisor on Darfur Travels to Qatar in Support of Doha Peace Talks; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/05/11  USAID Food for Peace Donation to the World Food Program in the Central African Republic; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  Remarks With Israeli President Shimon Peres Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Blair House; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  Secretary Clinton To Release Annual Human Rights Report on April 7; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  U.S. Department of State to Host Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for El Paso Passport Agency; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  United Nations Plane Crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  Vietnam: Conviction of Activist Cu Huy Ha Vu; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/04/11  World Press Freedom Day 2011 Website Opens Registration and Event Agenda to the Public: Conference will explore new innovations to advance press freedom in the 21st century; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization's Travel to Sudan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell's Travel; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Attack on UN in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal To Speak at Indiana University; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Sudan Special Envoy Ambassador Princeton Lyman Travels to Ethiopia and Sudan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  U.S. Department of State Honors Dr. Protais Bunini Gahungu of Rwanda As State Alumni Member of the Month; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC

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