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Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with Korea's Minister for Trade Ahn Dukgeun
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met today with Korea’s Minister for Trade, Ahn Dukgeun. Ambassador Tai is visiting Korea to lead the U.S. delegation to the Indo-Pacific Regional meeting of the second Summit for Democracy.
Readout of Ambassador Katherine Tai's Meeting with Korea's Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Jung-Sik
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai met today with Korea’s Minister of Employment and Labor, Lee Jung-Sik.
United States and Japan Sign Critical Minerals Agreement
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Japan’s Ambassador to the United States, Tomita Koji, today signed a critical minerals agreement (“Agreement Between the Government of Japan and the Government of the United States of America on Strengthening Critical Minerals Supply Chains”).
Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the Burma Regime Airstrike
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Today, the UN Security Council discussed the Burma military’s April 11 airstrike in the Sagaing region that killed more than 130 people and injured dozens of others, including children.
Fact Sheet: U.S. Successful Negotiation in the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee – First Resumed Session 2023
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
During the first resumed session of the Fifth Committee, USUN advanced policy priorities to modernize the UN workforce and strengthen accountability, including:
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Colombia
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you. Let me start by underscoring our appreciate for the vital role that the UN Verification Mission continues to play in supporting peace in Colombia.
Statement April 2023 Resumed Session of the Sixth Committee ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you, Madame Chair. The United States welcomes the opportunity to address the provisions of the Draft Articles relating to international measures.
Statement April 2023 Resumed Session of the Sixth Committee ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States welcomes the opportunity to address the provisions of the Draft Articles relating to national measures.
Remarks at UN Commission on Population and Development 56th Session
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Mr. Chairman, the United States is pleased to participate in this Fifty-sixth Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Mali
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
We are pleased to see that the Secretary-General’s report focuses on the four parameters included in the UN strategic review of MINUSMA.
Statement April 2023 Resumed Session of the Sixth Committee ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you, Madame Chair. The United States is pleased to address the provisions of the Draft Articles relating to the definition of crimes against humanity, the general obligations of States, and the obligation of prevention.
Statement at the April 2023 Resumed Session of the Sixth Committee ILC’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The United States welcomes this opportunity to exchange substantive views with other States on the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Open Debate on Arms Export Violations
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
First, let me begin by thanking Mozambique for an outstanding presidency in March.
Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Kwibuka 29
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Twenty-nine years ago, an unimaginable horror occurred. During 100 days of terror in Rwanda, hundreds of thousands of Tutsi were murdered in a genocide – violence incited by hate speech that was directed at minority communities.
Media Note: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Kicks Off Instagram Live Series with Chef José Andrés of World Central Kitchen
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
On April 4, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, hosted an Instagram Live with Chef José Andrés, founder of the food relief organization World Central Kitchen.
Remarks at an Arria-Formula Meeting Organized by the Russian Federation on Children in Armed Conflict
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Since Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war in Ukraine began, Russia has forcibly separated thousands of children, aged between 4 months and 17 years old, from their families or legal guardians and moved them to over 40 different facilities in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine or inside Russia itself.
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the UN Security Council Stakeout
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: I just wanted to take the opportunity again to say, as Russia takes on the presidency of the Security Council, we will use every opportunity to push back on their using their perch in the chair to spread disinformation, and to use their chair to push support of their efforts.
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield during an Instagram Live Event with Chef José Andrés
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
AMBASSADOR THOMAS-GREENFIELD: Good. Well, we’ve got a lot of people on waiting to hear from you and to hear from me, and I’m really looking forward to this conversation.
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at an Intergovernmental Negotiations Meeting on UN Security Council Reform
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you to our IGN co-chairs, Austria and Kuwait, for your leadership on this vitally important issue.
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at the UN Security Council Stakeout on Russia’s UNSC Presidency
By State Newswire Report | Apr 15, 2023
Ambassador, are you expecting any trouble from Russia during the month [inaudible]?