Press Releases: December 2009



-12/31/09  Michelle Kwan To Visit South Korea; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/31/09  U.S. Department of State Honors Nestor Tedesco of Argentina As State Alumni Member of the Month for January 2010; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/30/09  Burma's Independence Day;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/29/09  Republic of Haiti Independence Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/29/09  U.S. Welcomes Chad-Sudan Engagement;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/28/09  On-the-Record Briefing;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/27/09  Forced Return of Lao Hmong Asylum Seekers;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/24/09  Involuntary Deportation of Ethnic Lao Hmong from Thailand to Laos; Acting Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
-12/24/09  Return of Sean Goldman;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/24/09  Trial Verdict of Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo; Acting Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  Consular Access for Amir Hossein Ardebili; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  Niger: U.S. Imposes Travel Restrictions and Suspends Aid After Tandja Refuses To Step Down;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Release of Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  On-the-Record Briefing;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  Southern Sudan Referendum Bill;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/21/09  Car Explosion in Ingushetia Strikes Relatives of Late Human Rights Defender;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/19/09  Cambodia's Forcible Return of Uighurs to China; Acting Spokesman Gordon Duguid; Washington, DC
-12/18/09  Thirtieth Anniversary of the United Nations' Adoption of CEDAW;  Deputy Department Spokesman Robert Wood; Washington, DC
-12/18/09  UN Again Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations;  Deputy Department Spokesman Robert Wood; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  20th Anniversary of the Fall of Communism in Romania;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  Assistant Secretary Jones Appointed as Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza And Pandemic Influenza Coordinator; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  Department of State Announces Redesign of www.state.gov; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Release of Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  Release of Aminatou Haidar;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/17/09  Remarks at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Copenhagen, Denmark
-12/17/09  Setting the Record Straight: No Justification for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  Economic Partnership Dialogue Advances U.S.-Brazil Cooperation; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  Qatar National Day, December 18, 2009;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  Remarks at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for SA-5 ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Annex Building; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  U.S. Citizen To Be Returned From Brazil;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  U.S. Government Employee Travel to Cuba (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Partnership Steering Group Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  UPDATE: Secretary Clinton to Commemorate 15th Anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  UPDATE: Special Press Briefing on 21st Century Statecraft; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  United States - United Arab Emirates Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Bahrain National Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Message on the Indictment of Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Remarks With Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Secretary Clinton Calls for Broad Operational Agreement on Climate Change; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Secretary Clinton to Commemorate 15th Anniversary of International Conference on Population and Development; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  Special Press Briefing by Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Stephen Bosworth; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  U.S. - Israel Joint Economic Development Group Mid-Year Review Joint Statement; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  United States Participation in the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Burma: Kyaw Zaw Lwin Update (Taken Question); Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Georgia: "Elections" in the Abkhazia region of Georgia;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Kazakhstan's Independence Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Nepal: Child Soldiers (Taken Question);  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Proposal for Increase of Nonimmigrant Visa Application Fees ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Georgetown University's Gaston Hall; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  U.S. Special Envoy Gration to Travel to Sudan, Germany, and Belgium; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/14/09  United States Funds Post-Conflict Cleanup in Georgia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/11/09  Remarks at the First Diplomacy Briefing Series Meeting, Focused on the Issues and Challenges of U.S. Relations With Latin America;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/11/09  Secretary Clinton to Deliver Human Rights Speech; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/11/09  Turkey: Turkish High Court Closes the Democratic Society Party (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/11/09  U.S. - Poland Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA);  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela Travels to the Southern Cone; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Interview With Amir Zia of SAMAA TV;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Interview With Hassan Abbas of Watandost.blogspot.com;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Interview With Riz Khan of Al Jazeera TV English;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Madagascar's AGOA Eligibility;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  U.S.-Japan Open Skies Meetings (Taken Question);  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Remarks With El Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Remarks With Ukrainian Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Secretary Clinton Honors Champions of Human Rights: Marks International Human Rights Day; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Secretary Clinton Marks International Anti-Corruption Day with Video Address to OECD Conference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Secretary Clinton Presents Awards for Corporate Excellence; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Secretary Clinton Presents the 11th Annual Awards for Corporate Excellence;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  U.S. Department of State Launches Open Government Initiative; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  United Nations Climate Change Conference: Hacked Email Messages (Taken Question);  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/08/09  Bombings in Iraq;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/08/09  Remarks With Quartet Representative Tony Blair Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-12/08/09  Secretary Clinton Presents 2009 Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide Secretary of State's Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad and the Eleanor Dodson Tragen Award;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-12/08/09  U.S. Condemns Use of Violence Against Protestors in Sudan;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  Elections in Bolivia;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Science on a Sphere is Centerpiece of U.S. Center in Copenhagen: International SphereCast Set for Tuesday, December 8; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  Remarks to U.S. Global Leadership Coalition;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Grand Hyatt Hotel; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  Secretary Clinton to Present 2009 Awards for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Launches Five-Year Strategy Annexes; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/05/09  Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Background Briefing At NATO Headquarters;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesman; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
-12/04/09  Secretary Clinton Hosts "Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays" Honoring Employees Serving Unaccompanied Tours and Their Family Members in Newly Decorated Rooms for the Holidays ; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Secretary Clinton Records Two Videos To Reach Afghan and Pakistani Audiences; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Secretary Clinton To Deliver Remarks at the First Diplomacy Briefing Series Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Secretary Clinton to Host the Portrait Unveiling Ceremony and Reception in Honor of General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret), Former Secretary of State; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Senior Administration Officials on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Trip to D.C.; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Somalia: U.S. Condemns Mogadishu Bombing;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Sri Lanka: A/S Blake's Upcoming Trip (Taken Question); Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  U.S.-Russia Joint Statement on Expiration of the START Treaty; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  United States and Mexico Sign Border Spectrum Accord; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Afghanistan: Assessing The Road Ahead ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Briefing En Route Brussels, Belgium;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; En Route Brussels, Belgium
-12/03/09  Remarks on Recent Developments in Honduras;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Remarks to the Press;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Pan Am Flight 73 Hijackers; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Secretary Clinton To Attend U.S. Global Leadership Coalition Dinner; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Secretary Clinton To Be Guest of Honor at American Pakistan Foundation Inaugural Benefit; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Secretary Clinton to Present Lynne Tracy with the Secretary's Award for Heroism; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Three Senior Administration Officials On Recent Developments in Honduras;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesman; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  U.S. Department of State Honors Dr. István Sértõ-Radics of Hungary As State Alumni Member of the Month; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/02/09  International Day for the Abolition of Slavery;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/02/09  Secretary Clinton to Present 2009 Awards for Corporate Excellence; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Notice of Meeting; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Travel to Brussels; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  Special Briefing On the U.S. Commitment to Fight AIDS and the Launch of PEPFAR's New Five-Year Strategy;  U.S. Ambassador M.D. Eric Goosby, Global AIDS Coordinator; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  Statement on Kenyan Consideration of a New Constitution;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  U.S. Government and the Global Fund Collaborate to Treat 3.7 Million Living with HIV/AIDS ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Launches Five-Year Strategy; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  U.S. Statement at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  UAE National Day - December 2, 2009;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  United States Humanitarian Mine Action Assistance to Colombia ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC

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