Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins, will travel to New York, October 12-13, for the United Nations General Assembly First Committee (UNFC) to discuss the current and future priorities in the realm of security and disarmament. The UNFC deals with global challenges and threats to peace that affect the […]

The United States condemns the forced repatriation of People’s Republic of China (PRC) national and human rights lawyer Lu Siwei to the PRC from Laos, at the request of PRC authorities. We call on the PRC to confirm Lu’s current location; allow for external verification by independent observers of Lu’s well-being, including access for doctors […]

There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and well-funded russian fascism propaganda machines. We were born in Russia, we have lost friends to this murderer… we see how he “zombifies” most and intimidates […]

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On behalf of the United States of America, I send my warmest congratulations to the people of Spain as you celebrate your National Day. Spain is a close ally and a friend with whom we tackle a vast number of urgent global issues. Our friendship is based on shared values and interests such as the […]

On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend our congratulations to Equatorial Guinea in honor of the 55th anniversary of your independence on October 12. The United States values our relationship with Equatorial Guinea, and we remain committed in our partnership to combat trafficking in persons, develop the initiative on […]

Former Montana Secretary of State ‘Pay It Forward’ Optimism, International ‘Peace Through Strength’ at Odds With Current GOP

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The United States joins the global community in recognizing the International Day of the Girl and reaffirms our commitment to advancing the rights and empowerment of girls and young women in all their diversity. Around the world, girls disproportionately experience the negative impacts of climate-related disasters; conflicts and humanitarian crises; and have lost years of […]

Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Cindy Dyer, is on travel to Mexico October 9-12 to meet with Mexican government counterparts and civil society stakeholders to learn more about existing policies and share best practices on topics such as victim identification, data collection and reporting, and investigation and prosecution efforts. She will also […]

From October 11-19, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen will visit Nadi, Fiji; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Sydney, Australia, and Santiago, Chile. The Under Secretary’s visit will demonstrate the United States’ ongoing commitment to key partners in the Pacific and South America; support open and free media environments; counter foreign […]

SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Hello, everyone.  We are heading, as you know, to Israel, and I’m going with a very simple and clear message on behalf of the President of the United States and on behalf of the American people, and that is that the United States has Israel’s back.  We have the back of the Israeli […]