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Work to Start on East Micronesia Cable Following Contract Signing
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: Work to manufacture and lay the East Micronesia Cable (EMC) is officially underway. The EMC Management Committee members have signed the undersea cable contract with NEC Corporation following a competitive tender.
Assistant Secretary of State Lee Satterfield to Travel to New York, New York
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: From June 7-8, 2023, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Lee Satterfield will travel to New York, New York, to deliver remarks at World Monument’s Fund Summer Soirée event honoring the Fund’s 2023 Watch Award recipients and participate in a variety of engagements with private ...
United States-Saudi Arabia Relationship: Eight Decades of Partnership
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: The United States shares a strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 80 years. Building upon the commitments made in the Jeddah Communique during President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in 2022, the United States continues to partner with Saudi Arabia on political, security, counterterrorism, ...
McCaul Statement on North Korea Being Elected to WHO Executive Board
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement on the election of North Korea to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO).
Sweden National Day
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of the Kingdom of Sweden in celebration of your National Day.
Imposing Sanctions on Network Supporting Iran’s Missile and Military Programs
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on a procurement network of seven individuals and six entities in Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for supporting the activities of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Parchin Chemicals Industries, and P.B. Sadr, all of which are U.S.-designated entities as key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
Work to Start on East Micronesia Cable Following Contract Signing
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: Work to manufacture and lay the East Micronesia Cable (EMC) is officially underway. The EMC Management Committee members have signed the undersea cable contract with NEC Corporation following a competitive tender.
United States Leads in Space with Diplomacy
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: Today the Department of State is releasing our first-ever Strategic Framework for Space Diplomacy, a groundbreaking initiative to advance U.S. global space leadership. Through this Framework, we will expand international cooperation on mutually beneficial space activities, including through the Artemis...
Imposing Sanctions on Network Supporting Iran’s Missile and Military Programs
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on a procurement network of seven individuals and six entities in Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for supporting the activities of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Parchin Chemicals Industries, and P.B. Sadr, all of which are U.S.-designated entities as key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Swiss State Secretary Leu
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller
Departure of Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: Today, I am thanking and saying farewell to Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a diplomat with 30 years of experience, and the Department’s first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO).
Imposing Sanctions on Network Supporting Iran’s Missile and Military Programs
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on a procurement network of seven individuals and six entities in Iran and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for supporting the activities of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Parchin Chemicals Industries, and P.B. Sadr, all of which are U.S.-designated entities as key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile program.
Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for Near Eastern Affairs”
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, “Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for Near Eastern Affairs" on Tuesday, June 13th.
United States-Saudi Arabia Relationship: Eight Decades of Partnership
By State Newswire | Jun 7, 2023
Release: The United States shares a strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 80 years. Building upon the commitments made in the Jeddah Communique during President Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia in 2022, the United States continues to partner with Saudi Arabia on political, security, counterterrorism,...
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Libya
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, Prosecutor Khan, for your briefing to the Security Council on the International Criminal Court’s work on the situation in Libya.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Bosnia and Herzegovina
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Thank you, Madam President. High Representative Schmidt, we greatly appreciate your participation and briefing today.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in Sudan and South Sudan
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, Assistant-Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh, for sharing UNISFA’s progress on mandate implementation and your updates on Abyei.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Thank you, Madam President. And I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing this morning, and for the steadfast work of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons on this important issue.
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a Press Conference in Brasilia, Brazil
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
My three-day visit to Brazil reinforced what I have always known to be true:
Statement at the 45th Annual Session of the Committee on Information
By State Newswire Report | Jun 7, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you as well to the Department of Global Communications and the Committee on Information Secretariat for its support, and my colleagues from the Permanent Missions who have worked so diligently on this Resolution.