US Mission Geneva

Assistant Secretary of State Michael H. Posner met with civil society groups, international organizations, former political prisoners, and corporate representatives in Rangoon

The United States is looking forward to the Internet 2013 conference being hosted by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic from February 13-15.

The United States supports the Syrian people’s aspirations for a Syrian-led transition to a democratic, inclusive, and peaceful Syria.

The international humanitarian community is using every available channel to assist more than 760,000 refugees who have fled violence in their country and some 2.5 million others who remain in Syria, displaced from their homes, facing shortages and hardship wrought by the almost 2-year-old uprising.

Protecting and advancing the rights of women are critical to solving virtually every challenge we face as individual nations and as a community of nations.

The United States believes deeply in the integrity of the Universal Periodic Review and we understand the vital purpose served in providing all member states an opportunity to examine their human rights performance.

Today, President Obama reaffirmed the United States’ continued commitment and support for the Syrian people by announcing an additional $155 million in humanitarian aid to help meet the acute needs of people inside Syria and refugees across the region who are affected by the violence in Syria

Najia was one of the many Afghan women who dedicate themselves every single day toward building a brighter future for the people of Afghanistan.

Today, I want to talk about four frontlines of human rights, issues over which fierce battles are being fought…