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A Healthy Start for Children: Scaling Up Nutrition in Guatemala
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On April 3, Acting Special Representative for Global Food Security Jonathan Shrier and Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau...
Asst. Sect. Jones Appointed as Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza And Pandemic Influenza Coordinator
Washington, DC /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State...
Joint Statement on U.S.-Mexico Merida High-Level Consultative Group on Bilateral Cooperation Against Transnational Criminal Organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The following statement is issued by the Governments of the United States and Mexico: As part of the broader strategic...
United States and Tunisia to Co-Chair the 9th Forum for the Future
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States and the Republic of Tunisia hosted the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Initiative’s Sub-ministerial...
To Walk the Earth in Safety: New Report Showcases 20 Years of Landmine Clearance
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) has...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Present 2013 Awards for Corporate Excellence
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ NEWS: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will announce and present the 15th annual Secretary of State’s Awards for Corporate Excellence...
Secretary Clinton Announces Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Cultural Ambassador
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On Wednesday, January 18, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's All-Time Leading Scorer and a New York Times' best-selling author, to discuss his new role as a global Cultural Ambassador. During the meeting, Secretary Clinton reiterated the United States' strong commitment to engaging young people worldwide and to using people-to-people diplomacy as a means to create opportunities for greater understanding.
U.S. State Department: Cambodia's Forcible Return of Uighurs to China
Washington, DC /eNewsChannels/ -- On December 19, the Royal Government of Cambodia, at the request of China, forcibly removed a group of 20 Uighur...
Eighth Annual Global Women Mentoring Partnership Kicks Off April 24
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Building on seven years of success through women-to-women mentoring, on April 24, 27 emerging leaders from around the world will...
United States and Singapore become Hague Abduction Convention Partners
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On May 1, 2012, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between...
