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We have also observed an intensification of Russia’s disinformation campaign against Ukraine. Make no mistake: Russian media is currently pushing a false narrative alleging that it is Ukraine that is seeking to provoke…
2 hours ago | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The President will work with Congress to provide $3 billion in adaptation finance annually to PREPARE by 2024. Through PREPARE, the United States will urgently…
8 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Let me just say I was on a video conference this morning for the Seoul Ministerial on peacekeeping safety, and I was so sad to…
8 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
t is troubling that the Assad regime’s allies, including Russia, have actively sought to block all attempts at accountability. As we heard, Russia continues to…
8 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States is the world’s single largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping, as well as the largest provider of peacekeeping capacity-building support, investing more…
8 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
To that end, this year, the United States has made a serious and sizable investment in peacekeeping through our two primary capacity-building programs: the U.S.…
7 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
America stands as a beacon of liberty and refuge to the world’s most vulnerable. We have resettled more refugees than any other country. And in…
6 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States is proud of its longstanding and unequivocal commitment to advancing safe and accessible education for children in areas of conflict. When schools…
6 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Let me be clear, though: Military solutions alone are not sufficient to solve the problem of terrorism, and they will not address the root causes…
3 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Conflict is the main driver behind the increasing number of unaccompanied and separated children around the world, in the U.S. government’s view. An estimated 220…
3 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, will lead the U.S. delegation to the virtual 2021 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial hosted by the Republic…
3 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United States celebrates the progress made to facilitate inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities. Much…
2 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
At its core, diplomacy is about forming bonds. When we laugh with each other, we eat with each other, and we enjoy each other’s company…
2 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The 1267, 1373, and 1540 Committees play important and complementary roles in assessing and countering terrorist threats, terrorist activities, and in stopping support for terrorism…
2 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Often in my work I hear about “hopeless” places, places of widespread suffering and darkness, places where hope – supposedly – goes to die. It…
2 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
The United States determined in 2016 that ISIS was responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. The United States stands with victims in working…
1 December, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
On World AIDS Day, the United States observes and reflects upon the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We mourn the more than 36 million…
30 November, 2021 | Highlights, Remarks and Highlights
Foremost among those lessons I learned was that great communities and great countries require great leadership. Young people, you are our future leaders. We're counting…