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International Day Against Homophobia

Today, as we commemorate International Day Against Homophobia, we rededicate ourselves to a basic but essential truth – that human rights are universal and must be protected for all.

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

Date: 05/15/2013 Description: UN General Assembly © UN Image

General Assembly Condemns Syrian Regime

“Over the last 26 months we have witnessed a brutal conflict in Syria. The Assad regime, drawing upon an arsenal of heavy weapons, aircraft, ballistic missiles, and—potentially—chemical weapons, has killed or injured untold numbers of civilians who for many months manifested their opposition purely through peaceful protest.”

- Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo

Date: 05/15/2013 Description: UN Security Council © UN Image

Bosnia and Herzegovina

"We continue to strongly support the country’s aspirations to integrate into the European Union and NATO, and we had hoped that the new coalition would make these goals their top priorities. Unfortunately, politicians throughout the country seem more interested in putting their own personal political agendas above the interests of the citizens they were elected to represent…Bosnia and Herzegovina’s lack of progress is all the more visible in the context of its neighbors, all of whom are rapidly moving ahead toward Euro-Atlantic integration."

- Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo

Ambassador Susan Rice

Counterterrorism in Africa

"Reducing the threat of terrorism in Africa demands a broader effort to create freer, more prosperous and tolerant societies in which radicalization is rare, opportunity is palpable, and hope thrives. This requires fighting poverty and corruption. It requires expanding trade and investment, and building critical infrastructure so that African economies can grow sustainably. It requires effective conflict prevention and resolution; it requires improving governments’ delivery of services to their peoples, from quality education to health care to justice."

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

Sexual Violence In Conflict

"For UN missions, better prevention involves equipping peacekeepers and civilian staff with the guidance and expertise to respond to early information about threats of large-scale abuses. The training modules designed by the United Nations are a positive step in that direction, as is the creation of the UN International Network of Female Police Peacekeepers, which links over a thousand UN female police officers around the world to share best practices as well as advocate and mentor female police."

- Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo

Representing the United States at the United Nations

Mon, May 13

President Obama Meets with Prime Minister David Cameron: the two leaders discussed issues ranging from economic development to the unfolding conflict in Syria.

President Obama Meets with President Park of South Korea: ...determined to be fully prepared for any challenge or threat to our security.

Fri, April 26

President Obama Meets with King Abdullah II: the two leaders once again discussed the very urgent issues impacting that country, and the rest of the world.

05/22/13 Statement on Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFI) Agenda Item 7(a); Adviser for Economic and Social Affairs Laurie Shestack Phipps
05/21/13 Statement on Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII), Agenda Item 3 on Indigenous Youth; U.S. Deputy Representative to ECOSOC Teri Robl, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
05/17/13 Video Message on International Day Against Homophobia; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
05/17/13 Statement at a General Assembly Plenary Meeting On the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; U.S. Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs Jeffrey DeLaurentis, U.S. Mission to the United Nations

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