Travel Diary: Secretary Clinton in Geneva

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan at the United Nations Office at Geneva, during the Meeting of the Action Group for Syria, June 30, 2012. [State Department photo by Eric Bridiers/ Public Domain]

On June 30, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for the meeting on the Action Group on Syria. After the meeting, Secretary Clinton said, “As you’ve just heard from Special Envoy Annan, today the international community came together to endorse a plan for a democratic transition in Syria that aims to end the violence and pave the way for a post-Assad unity government.

"Kofi Annan called this meeting to mobilize the political will needed to implement his six-point plan. And after a long day of intense discussions, the next steps are clear.”

Secretary Clinton continued, “No one has any illusions about the difficulties ahead. We are dealing with not only a murderous regime in a combustible region, but the potential for that region to be gravely affected by the continuance of this violence. But the stakes of inaction by… more »

(Source: blogs.state.gov)

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