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…My Government considers Guyana to be a valued hemispheric partner. Since 2001, the United States and 15 countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have worked together on the “Third Border Initiative.” The “Initiative” provides a framework for structuring our engagement across the broad spectrum of matters that affect the prosperity and well being of the region. As Guyana’s number one trading partner, the United States’ commercial relationship with that country remains vibrant and growing. Our total two-way goods trade during 2008 increased by nearly 40 percent from 2007. Though trade between our countries was down 3% in the first four months of 2009 (compared to 2008) we are hopeful that as the global economy recovers, our trading relationship will continue to expand. Approximately 15 percent of total imports from Guyana enter the United States duty free under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. We would encourage Guyana to take full advantage of this program by increasing its utilization rate to the greatest extent possible, and we’re happy to work with you toward that objective…

Mr. Griffiths joined the Foreign Service in 1988 and served in Quebec City, Canada, Lisbon, Portugal, and Maputo, Mozambique before returning to Washington, D.C. Upon completion of the Department of State’s nine-month economic course, Mr. Griffiths worked on the South Africa desk during that country’s transition to democracy. In Rabat, Morocco, he served as First Secretary of Economic Affairs, specializing in economic development and trade promotion. As Counselor for International Economic Affairs at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Mr. Griffiths advanced U.S. economic, development and environmental goals at the United Nations. Mr. Griffiths served as Deputy Chief of Mission and chargé d’affaires, a.i. at the United States Embassy to the Republic of Haiti from 2004 to 2006, where the United States played a leading role responding to natural disasters and making significant improvements in Haiti’s public health sector. As Principal Officer at the United States Consulate General in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Mr. Griffiths led a team of eighty professionals to protect and advance U.S. interests in the commercial and agriculture heartland of Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.

White House Fact Sheet
…On July 6, Presidents Medvedev and Obama signed a Joint Understanding to guide the remainder of the negotiations. The Joint Understanding commits the United States and Russia to reduce their strategic warheads to a range of 1500-1675, and their strategic delivery vehicles to a range of 500-1100. Under the expiring START and the Moscow treaties the maximum allowable levels of warheads is 2200 and the maximum allowable level of launch vehicles is 1600.

Let the World In A Commemorative Exhibition of the Works of Robert Rauschenberg The United States Mission is sponsoring an exhibition of works by Robert Rauschenberg at the United Nations, featuring works from the Mission’s own collection and the Tribute 21 series from the collection of the United Nations. The exhibition will open July 7 [...]

The sixth round of talks in the Geneva Process on Georgia and the regulation of its separatist conflicts convened today (July 1). Nearly all participants conducted today’s discussion in a constructive spirit, seeking to increase stability and human welfare without forcing pronouncements on the political status of Georgia’s separatist regions.

This is the application form to be used for Locally Employed Staff positions at the United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland