July 2011
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Travel Diary: Secretary Clinton Addresses...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed reporters after participating in the fourth Libya Contact Group Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 15, 2011. Secretary Clinton said, “Before I discuss today’s events, I want to express my sincere condolences for the soldiers killed in Southeast Turkey yesterday. As friends of Turkey, the United States grieves with the people...
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Twenty Years of the Women’s Soccer World Cup and...
About the Author: Tanya Ward serves as a Public Diplomacy Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, Germany.
In 1991, I was a sophomore at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. Big hair was in, Silence of the Lambs won the Oscar for best picture, and Germany was newly reunited. That fall, I also met my future husband and the United States won the first-ever Women’s World Cup (WWC), which...
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U.S. Signs Important Charter To Help Mitigate...
About the Author: Ambassador Ertharin Cousin serves as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
International efforts to diminish greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture took a significant step forward this summer when 34 countries signed the Charter for the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. For decades, studies by the United...
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Sports Diplomacy With Mongolia
About the Author: Cindy Gire serves as Director of SportsUnited in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ SportsUnited Office at the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with USA Wrestling, recently announced the first sports exchange with Mongolia. The announcement was made during the visit of Mongolian President ...
Special Representative Reta Jo Lewis delivers remarks at a reception honoring the Utah-Qinghai EcoPartnership. #China http://t.co/1bh0Uf6
Providing Urgent Assistance to Refugees in Dolo...
About the Author: Reuben Brigety serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration.
When our bush plane touched down on the dirt airstrip in Dolo Ado, I had an idea of what to expect. Since I was last in this remote corner of Ethiopia in February, the number of Somali refugees had exploded from just under 50,000 to around 100,000; up to 2,000 people have...
Update on Our Partnership With Haiti on Health
About the Author: Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
I recently returned from a visit to Haiti. As it recovers from last year’s earthquake, the nation continues to face immense challenges — as it has throughout its difficult history. There is much more work to do there in all sectors, including health. Yet I am encouraged by the resilience of the...
Virtual Student Foreign Service Expands...
About the Author: Tala Mansi serves as an intern in the Office of eDiplomacy.
Announced by Secretary Clinton at the 2009 New York University commencement speech, the Virtual Student Foreign Service (VSFS) is part of the State Department’s efforts to harness technology and facilitate new forms of diplomatic engagement. Working from college and university campuses in the United States and...
U.S. Welcomes Republic of South Sudan as Newest...
More: Ambassador Susan Rice’s Opinion Piece for The Daily Beast — “Don’t Let Up After South Sudan’s Independence” This morning, Sudan became the 193rd member of the United Nations. While at the UN General Assembly Meeting on South Sudan today, Ambassador Susan E. Rice said: “…On Saturday, I had the privilege of standing in Juba and watching as the...
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Secretary Clinton Travels to Turkey, Greece,...
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Turkey July 15-16, 2011, to participate in meetings of the Contact Group on Libya and conduct bilateral meetings with Turkish officials. The Contact Group meetings allow the international community to come together and coordinate views on our next steps with respect to Libya. They also allow us to further assess international progress in...
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U.S. Welcomes Republic of South Sudan as Newest...
More:Â Ambassador Susan Rice’s Opinion Piece for The Daily Beast — “Don’t Let Up After South Sudan’s Independence” This morning, Sudan became the 193rd member of the United Nations. While at the UN General Assembly Meeting on South Sudan today, Ambassador Susan E. Rice said: “…On Saturday, I had the privilege of standing in Juba and watching as the...
Latest on #DipNote: @USPEPFAR Eric Goosby provides an update on #health partnership with #Haiti. http://t.co/CRDP2GQ
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Secretary Clinton Meets With Russian Foreign...
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov to sign an agreement regarding cooperation in adoption of children. After the meeting, Secretary Clinton said: “Let me begin by saying that the past two and a half years has been a time of great strides in the relationship between our countries. We...
#SecClinton: I will be traveling to India next week as planned. It is more important than ever that we stand with India. http://t.co/l9EVZxJ
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WatchSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton comments on the bombings in Mumbai, India before her press availability with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2011.
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Attacks in Mumbai, India
Indian authorities have confirmed that on July 13, 2011, at approximately 7:10 p.m. local time, three explosions were detonated in southern and central Mumbai. The blasts are reported to have occurred at the Opera House district and Jhaveri Bazar in southern Mumbai, and at Dadar West in central Mumbai. U.S. citizens living and traveling in India are urged to enroll in the Smart Traveler...
