Election of Professor Dinah Shelton to the IACHR
The United States is pleased to note the election of Professor Dinah Shelton to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Professor Shelton, a skilled legal scholar, joins the seven-member commission dedicated to reviewing cases on human rights within the framework of the inter-American system’s legal instruments. Her three-year term begins in January 2010. Professor Shelton is the first woman nominated by the United States to the IACHR.
Read morePresident Obama’s Remarks at Cairo University, Egypt
Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning; and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. And together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I’m grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. And I’m also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: Assalaamu alaykum.
Read moreStatement to the CD by Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller
I am pleased to be with you today, as the Conference on Disarmament resumes its mandate and its historic role in the multilateral negotiation of global nonproliferation and disarmament treaties. Your decision last week to begin negotiations on a verifiable fissile material cutoff treaty, as well as to conduct substantive discussions on other core issues, reflects growing recognition of the value of nonproliferation and disarmament agreements to international peace and security. It also demonstrates the importance of all delegations realistically appraising the present situation and showing the necessary flexibility to allow the Conference to move forward.
Read moreU.S. Mission Launches Quilt Challenge for the Global Fund
In November 2009 the United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva will hold a quilt exhibition at the United Nation’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to coincide with the annual United Nations Women’s Guild Fundraising Bazaar.
Read moreU.S. Mission a Co-Sponsor of Geneva Forum on Social Change
The U.S. Mission is proud to be a sponsor of the June 5-6 Geneva Forum on Social Change which will feature documentary films, discussion panels, hands-on workshops and more June 5-6 at the CICG in Geneva. Keynote speaker: Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Read moreSTART Treaty Talks in Geneva – Daily Briefing Excerpt
From the State Department Daily Briefing, June 3, 2009
QUESTION: Yes, may I ask you about START negotiations with Russia? Yesterday –
MR. CROWLEY: You may ask. (Laughter.)
QUESTION: Yesterday, Russian president’s spokeswoman said that the agreement on START is achievable by – at least the framework agreement is achievable by the time President Obama is coming to [...]