October 2012
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All-Female Peacekeeping Unit Highlights Role of...
About the Author: Joshua R. Downes serves in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
With today’s challenges, UN peacekeepers continue to play an essential role in furthering global peace and stability. Supporting these efforts is the United States’ Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). GPOI has worked tirelessly to build the peacekeeping capacity of...
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks With Croatian...
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Zagreb, Croatia October 31, 2012
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Mr. President, and it indeed is an honor for me to be here on my first official visit to Zagreb as Secretary of State and to celebrate the exemplary partnership between our two countries, which, as you say, dates back now 20 years. Earlier today I also had the opportunity...
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks With Bosnian...
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Presidency Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 30, 2012
SECRETARY CLINTON: The United States shares with the European Union a vision of a peaceful, stable, prosperous Bosnia-Herzegovina that is fully integrated into the Euro-Atlantic institutions. We believe that joining the European Union and NATO offers this country, especially the...
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Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine
Press Statement Mark C. Toner Acting Spokesperson Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 29, 2012
The United States Government is concerned that the conduct of Sunday’s parliamentary elections constituted a step backwards from progress made during previous parliamentary elections and the 2010 presidential election, elections that had marked important steps forward for Ukraine’s...
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks Following the...
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State El Mouradia Palace Algiers, Algeria October 29, 2012
SECRETARY CLINTON: First, let me say how pleased I am to be back in Algeria and to have this chance to consult in depth with the President and (inaudible). I want to thank the President for his hospitality in the time that he has spent talking with me and that we will continue over lunch....
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Federal offices in the Washington, DC area will be closed to the public on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. Check the OPM website (http://www.opm.gov/status/) for changes in operating status and schedules for Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area.
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Women Moving Forward in Guatemala
About the Author: Kathleen Guerra serves as Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala.
As diplomats, one of our most important functions is to get to know the people of our host country. What do they think about what’s happening in the world? How do they view the critical issues of the day in their country? And what is their opinion on the United States? Here in...
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Secretary Clinton Travels to Algeria and the...
More: Trip Page | Interactive Travel Map Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, and Croatia from October 29 to November 2. In Algeria, the Secretary will consult with President Bouteflika on issues of bilateral and regional concern and will follow up the productive discussions on economic and security cooperation at the...
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Hurricane Sandy is moving northward and may affect the entire U.S. Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Maine early this week. For detailed preparedness actions, please visit www.Ready.gov. Federal offices in the Washington, DC area are closed on Monday, October 29, 2012. Check the OPM website (http://www.opm.gov/status/) for changes in operating status and schedules for Federal agencies in the...
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Igniting Africa’s Tech Revolution
About the Author: Stephanie Grosser serves as a Program Analyst at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The recent growth of tech start-ups in sub-Saharan Africa is starting to create a buzz. And what’s not to be excited about? Tech companies created in Africa, by Africans, to address local and global problems have untold potential to change the world. After judging a...
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Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid al-Adha
The White House Office of the Press Secretary October 26, 2012
Michelle and I extend our best wishes for a joyful Eid al-Adha to Muslims in the United States and around the world. We also congratulate the millions of peaceful pilgrims who are performing the Hajj, including thousands of American Muslims.
Throughout the year, Muslims join members of many faiths in serving those suffering from...
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Photo of the Week: Increasing Women’s Economic...
About the Author: Hannah Johnson serves as an Assistant Editor for DipNote.
Our “Photo of the Week” shows Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Colombian Vice Foreign Minister Patti Londono signing a memorandum of understanding on the Small Business Network of the Americas in Cali, Colombia, October 23, 2012. Deputy Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary of State for Western...
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U.S. Department of State Launches Global...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 26, 2012
U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the launch of the 2012 – 2013 Global Connections 2.0 Program, a virtual exchange program for teachers and students from the United States and 19 countries from the Middle East and North Africa.
Through Global Connections 2.0, teachers and...
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Ten Years Later: Remembering Senator Paul...
About the Author: Ambassador-at-Large Luis Cdebaca serves as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and directs the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Ten years ago, in the federal courthouse in Honolulu, I was among a small group of civil rights prosecutors who had just started trial in the largest slavery prosecution in U.S. history, in which over...
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Engaging Africa’s Innovators: Apps4Africa 2012...
About the Author: Tom Genton is a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
It’s a whirlwind of energy inside the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. I’m surrounded by innovators, investors, and media from around the world at the first-ever DEMO Africa forum. Over the next few days, more than 40 African...
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Conversations With America: The Hemispheric...
Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson will hold a conversation with Diana Villiers Negroponte, Senior Fellow, Latin America Initiative, Brookings Institution and Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue, on the U.S. government’s foreign policy agenda in the Western Hemisphere. The discussion will be moderated by Cheryl Benton, Deputy...
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Nuclear Risk Reduction Center: 25 Years of...
About the Author: Chris Comeau is a United States Air Force Colonel serving as the acting Director of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center at the Department of State.
Inside the Department of States sits an operations center equipped with permanent, secure, and reliable lines of direct communication with foreign governments to perform the critical mission of sustaining strategic nuclear security...
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Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in...
About the Author: Thomas Debass serves as Director for Global Partnerships in the Secretary’s Office of the Global Partnership Initiative. Last night I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya to attend and participate in the first-ever DEMO Africa event. As the plane was landing, I was struck by how history has a way of turning one on his head. While I was a graduate student in the late 1990s at...
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Celebrating United Nations Day
About the Author: Ashli Ferguson Savoy serves as a Public Affairs Specialist in theBureau of International Organization Affairs.
Following the end of World War II, the Allied powers came together with the desire to have a forum where they could work together in the hopes of preventing future conflicts and wars. In the summer of 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the...
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Joint Statement from the Fourth U.S.-Brazil Global...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 24, 2012
Below is the text of a joint statement issued following the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Global Partnership Dialogue.
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On October 24, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Minister of External Relations Antonio de Aguiar Patriota conducted the fourth meeting of the United States - Brazil Global...
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Building U.S.-Russia Ties Through Hockey
About the Author: Michael McFaul serves as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation.
Earlier this month, a group of 20 enthusiastic young American ice hockey players and four coaches came to Moscow as Youth Sports Envoys to build stronger ties between the United States and Russia, both on and off the ice. Over the past four years, both countries have sent and hosted high school swimmers,...
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Travel Diary: Secretary Clinton Travels to Haiti
More: Trip Page | Interactive Travel Map Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to northern Haiti on October 22. This marks the Secretary’s first trip to the North of Haiti. She will highlight leveraging of diplomacy by the Department in support of innovative USAID development models, which focus on partnering with the Government of Haiti, international partners, the private...
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Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell Travels to San...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 23, 2012
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell will travel to San Francisco, Tokyo, and Seoul October 23-27.
Assistant Secretary Campbell will host Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai for the fourth U.S.-China Asia-Pacific Consultations in San Francisco on October 23.
Assistant...
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A Conservationist, Woman Leader, and Peacemaker
About the Author: Wenchi Yu serves in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.
Since 2008, the drought-induced food crisis that affected many countries in the Horn of Africa not only cost the regional economy billions of dollars, but also exacerbated regional instability, insecurity in distressed communities, and tribal competition for scarce resources. Josephine Ekiru, a...
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Acts of Terrorism in Beirut
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State
Washington, DC
October 19, 2012
The United States condemns in the strongest terms the acts of terrorism that took place in Beirut’s Achrafieh neighborhood today. We extend our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who were killed.
The assassination of the Brigadier General Wissam al-Hassan, who was a strong defender of...
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Photo of the Week: Observing World Food Day
About the Author: Sarah Goldfarb serves as DipNote’s Associate Editor.
Every year on October 16, the international community unites around World Food Day to increase awareness about global hunger. Today, nearly one billion people suffer from chronic hunger, and more than 3.5 million children die from undernutrition each year. As President Barack Obama said in his message recognizing...
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Nepal: Security Sector Reform Helps Build Peace...
About the Author: Jack Detsch serves in the Office of Plans, Policy, and Analysis(PM/PPA) in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs. He is a senior at George Washington University.
Security Sector Reform is a critical mission for the U.S. Department of State. In partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense, we help nations turn the page on past practices and establish effective and...
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World Food Day: A Call To Action To End Global...
About the Author: Jonathan Shrier serves as Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security.
World Food Day is a reminder and call to action for the international community to strengthen efforts to end world hunger and malnutrition. Today, nearly one billion people suffer from chronic hunger, which means that they do not get enough food to satisfy their body’s basic nutritional...
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Travel Diary: Women as Drivers of Growth and...
More: Trip Page | Interactive Travel Map Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Lima, Peru, on October 15 and 16. In Peru, she met with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to discuss bilateral and regional cooperation. After her meeting with the President, Secretary Clinton said: “…The United States and Peru work together on many shared challenges and priorities. We...
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Remarks After Her Meeting With Peruvian President...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State
Palacio de Gobierno
Lima, Peru
October 15, 2012
Well, thank you very much, Mr. President, for the warm welcome. I’m delighted to be back here in Lima.
I have been looking forward to tomorrow’s conference as we discuss ways to tap the potential of women and further social inclusion and economic progress here in Peru. I think it is very...
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Taking Democracy to a New Scale
About the Author: Tomicah Tillemann serves as the Secretary of State’s Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies.
Today, I’ve come together with more than 500 activists, academics, and policymakers to participate in the World Movement for Democracy’s Seventh Assembly in Lima, Peru. The Assembly is a key gathering for civil society leaders from dozens of...
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Background Briefing Prior to the Secretary's Visit...
Special Briefing
Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson
En Route Lima, Peru
October 15, 2012
MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. Just to take a few minutes of your time, we’ll do a backgrounder with two Senior Administration Officials. So you know who they are, we have [Senior Administration Official One], and we have [Senior Administration Official Two]. She’ll be giving...