April 2012
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The Ninth Annual Global Classrooms D.C. Model UN...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 30, 2012
The Department of State and the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) will partner for the Ninth Annual Global Classrooms D.C. Model United Nations Conference, to be held at the Department on May 1. This year’s conference will feature a keynote address by Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues...
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Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard Traveling to...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 30, 2012
Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Anne C. Richard will travel to Switzerland, Iraq, and Jordan from May 1 – 10, 2012.
In Geneva, Assistant Secretary Richard will lead the U.S. delegation at the International Conference on the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to support voluntary...
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German-American Fulbright Program at 60
About the Author: Ann Stock serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the German-American Fulbright Program — one of the largest Fulbright Programs in the world. From March 18-21, the German-American Fulbright Commission held its annual Berlin Seminar and celebrated the program’s success alongside the...
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Building Cultural Bridges in Afghanistan
About the Author: Esperanza Tilghman serves as Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer in the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Ralph Bunche, U.S. diplomat and the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1950), once said: “If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.” I could not agree more, and we are doing just that...
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Photo of the Week: Behind the Scenes With Under...
About the Author: Hannah Johnson serves as an Assistant Editor for DipNote.
This week’s “Photo of the Week” comes to us from Foreign Service Officer Ben Chang and shows Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine as she prepares for her swearing-in ceremony with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the U.S. Department of State in...
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Secretary Clinton Announces Launch of New...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 27, 2012
Yesterday, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a new partnership to promote investment in innovation at the inaugural Global Impact Economy Forum in Washington, DC.
The Accelerating Market-Driven Partnerships (AMP) initiative is a public-private partnership that seeks to mobilize innovation and investment around...
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In Nigeria, Remembering Lives Lost
About the Author: Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
I am writing from Abuja, Nigeria, where all are mourning the victims of the tragic bombings of a local newspaper’s offices here and in the city of Kaduna. Innocent lives were lost to these terrible acts of murder. At the time of the blast, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe and I were commemorating...
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Secretary Clinton to Kick-Off Seventh Annual...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 27, 2012
On Monday, April 30, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will kick-off the seventh annual Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership at the U.S. Department of State, which brings 25 emerging women leaders from Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burma, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Iraq,...
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Celebrating International Jazz Day
About the Author: David Killion serves as U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO.
Back in the United States my colleagues at the State Department have long recognizedthe power of jazz as a means of connecting people. More than 50 years ago, the Department launched a landmark jazz diplomacy effort featuring American musical legend Dizzy Gillespie. Ever since then, jazz has been a continuing feature of U.S....
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A Discussion With Russian Civil Society Leaders
About the Author: Thomas O. Melia serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
Today I was delighted to welcome to the State Department a dozen inspiring civil society advocates from Russia who work tirelessly to protect the human rights and dignity of prisoners, and for the rule of law. We were joined by Deputy SecretaryWilliam Burns, formerly...
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The Hunt for Impact Investments: Are...
About the Author: Maura O’Neill serves as the Senior Counselor and Chief Innovation Officer at USAID.
How donor grants may unlock billions of investment dollars for impact enterprise. In 2010, JP Morgan released a figure that shocked the investment industry: the group estimated that the potential capital market for impact investing — putting dollars into enterprises that would...
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Visionary Innovators and Intellectual Property in...
About the Author: Robert D. Hormats serves as the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment at the Department of State.
Today, we celebrate the contributions of scientists and innovators such as Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, and Alexander Graham Bell. We recognize the writings of Jonathan Franzen, architectural designs of I. M. Pei, movies of Steven Spielberg, and many...
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at the Global...
Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC April 26, 2012
Thank you. Oh, thank you all very much. Thank you. Thank you, all. Thank you. That was perfect timing, bottoms up. I loved hearing that as I walked in. Thanks to Kris Balderston, his staff in our office of the Global Partnership Initiatives, and everyone here who has helped to plan this...
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Doing Business Differently: Fighting Global Hunger...
About the Author: Tjada McKenna serves as Deputy Coordinator for Development for Feed the Future, and Jonathan Shrier serves as Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security and Deputy Coordinator for Diplomacy for Feed the Future.
In Haiti, farmers are increasing their incomes and conserving the environment by improving their production of plantains. In Guatemala, smallholder farmers...
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Celebrating Girls in Information and Communication...
About the Author: Ann Mei Chang serves as the Senior Advisor for Women and Technology in the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues.
With the global shortage of skilled professionals in Information and Communication Technology, or ICT, why are so few girls pursuing careers in this lucrative and fast-growing field? This is not only a question of equal opportunity, but...
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Under Secretary of State Sonenshine to...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 26, 2012
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine will travel to Beijing May 3-4 to serve as co-coordinator of the third annual U.S.-China Consultation on People-to-People Exchange (CPE) with Chinese Vice Minister of Education Hao Ping.
Recognizing the fundamental role that citizens play in...
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel...
Press Statement Victoria Nuland Department Spokesperson Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 26, 2012
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to China, Bangladesh, and India departing Washington, D.C. on April 30.
In Beijing May 3-4, Secretary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner will join their Chinese co-chairs, Vice Premier Wang Qishan and State...
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Contributing to an Impact Economy
About the Author: Kris Balderston is the Special Representative for Global Partnerships at the Global Partnership Initiative in the Office of the Secretary of State. Lala Faiz is the Senior Partnerships Advisor in the Secretary of State’s Office of Global Partnership Initiatives, where she leads the Investing With Impact initiative and manages other economic growth partnerships.
Today at...
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Land of Dreams: Welcoming Visitors to the United...
About the Author: Ken Chavez is a spokesperson for the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which has responsibility for adjudicating U.S. visas for all international visitors who require them.
This week, I was privileged to join our Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, David Donahue, in representing the State Department at the International Pow Wow in Los Angeles. Hosted each year by the U.S....
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All That Jazz
About the Author: Dr. Esther Brimmer serves as Assistant Secretary of State for theBureau of International Organization Affairs.
On an unseasonably cold and rainy Sunday, the action inside the Smithsonian’s new Warner Bros Theatre was anything but dreary. The afternoon’s celebration of jazz featured a roundtable discussion with jazz experts followed by musical performances before a...
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Violence in Bahrain
Press Statement Victoria Nuland Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 25, 2012
We are deeply concerned about the increase in violence in Bahrain, including the recent death of a protester, as well as the explosion last night that injured four policemen, two critically. We welcome the Ministry of Interior’s investigation into these incidents and look forward to seeing appropriate...
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Cooperating To Meet the Health Needs of Returning...
About the Author: Anne C. Richard serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration.
In the past five years in Afghanistan, there have been impressive gains in key health indicators, and a dramatic decrease in infant and child mortality rates due to the efforts of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, with the support of the United States and the international...
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Statement by the Press Secretary on the Horn of...
The White House Office of the Press Secretary April 24, 2012
In 2011, the worst drought in 60 years struck the Horn of Africa. The United Nations declared famine in six regions of Somalia, threatening the lives of over 250,000 Somalis, and requiring urgent humanitarian assistance for more than 13.3 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and other parts of Somalia. The international community...
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Winning Battle Against Malaria a Virtuous Cycle
About the Author: Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer (Ret.) serves as Global Malaria Coordinator with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
On a stifling hot March evening in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city, I joined Peace Corps volunteers David Kalpakchian and Hannah Braun and Ghanaian volunteers to hand out and hang up insecticide-treated nets (ITN). We know that...
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Strengthening Security Partnerships Across the...
About the Author: Andrew J. Shapiro serves as Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
The Asia-Pacific is home to half the world’s population, more than half the world’s GDP and nearly half of its trade. It is home to key allies and emerging powers. It is also home to booming middle classes and growing economic opportunities and is a region...
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Cherry Blossom Centennial: Highlighting the Role...
About the Author: Mai Ichihara serves as a Public Diplomacy Intern for the Offices of Japanese and Korean Affairs in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the Department of State.
Recently the Department of State hosted a Cherry Blossom Centennial event that highlighted the role of youth and women in foreign affairs and diplomacy. I was lucky enough to sit among the Cherry Blossom...
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Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez Traveling to...
Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
April 24, 2012
Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Jose W. Fernandez is on travel in Tripoli, Libya, from April 23 -24 to meet with government officials and business representatives and to support thirty American companies taking part in the first major U.S. trade mission to Libya in the post-Qadaffi era.
On April 23,...
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Colombia’s Women: Making Peace and Prosperity a...
About the Author: Melanne Verveer serves as the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of State.
From warm and walled Cartagena to temperate and sprawling Bogota, Colombia is a country whose 46 million people represent the very definition of a nation redefining itself. I recently had the opportunity to spend a few days in Colombia, where Secretary Clinton...
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Remarks at Syracuse...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State
Maxwell School of Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
April 23, 2012
MR. STEINBERG: Well, Madam Secretary, welcome to Syracuse and Syracuse University. When we worked together, you told me often how much you appreciated the affection you had for people here and for this community. And I wanted to assure you, as you could tell from the reception...
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Virtual Youth Exchanges: Three Days of ‘Teen...
About the Author: Suzanne Philion serves as Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
It’s not every day that the State Department gets to go back to school. Last week, we partnered with Chicago Public Schools to link Lincoln Park High School students with secondary school students in Ghana, Zimbabwe, Algeria, and Peru via video conferencing...
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Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday
About the Author: Nicole Schiegg serves as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Today the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and several partners including UNICEF launched “Every Child Deserves a 5th Birthday”. The premise of this awareness-raising campaign is simple: every child should have a chance to reach five. Over 7 million...
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Special Representative for Afghanistan and...
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 23, 2012
U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman is traveling to Copenhagen, Ankara and Abu Dhabi from April 23 to April 25, 2012.
Ambassador Grossman is in Turkey, following a trip to Denmark, to continue consultations with senior officials on how the international community can best support...
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Statement by the President on Timor-Leste's...
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 23, 2012
I congratulate Taur Matan Ruak on his victory in Timor-Leste’s presidential election and the people of Timor-Leste for successfully participating in a peaceful, free, and transparent election. I also recognize with deep appreciation President José Ramos Horta for his close friendship with the United States...
