US Mission Geneva

With their assumption of responsibility for combat operations in Afghanistan, Afghan security forces are “now in the lead” across the country, President Obama says.

“You are the first generation in this land to inherit more than just the hardened attitudes and the bitter prejudices of the past. You’re an inheritor of a just and hard-earned peace.”

The talks are aimed at deepening the economic relationship between the United States and the European Union will begin in Washington in early July.

During his meeting with G-8 leaders in Northern Ireland, President Obama announced over $300 million in additional life-saving humanitarian assistance to help feed, shelter, and provide medical care for children, women, and men affected by the ongoing conflict in Syria.

IOM has become a more transparent, more responsive, and more strategically structured organization under his leadership.

We admire the courage of the Iranian people who went to the polls and made their voices heard in a rigidly controlled environment that sought to limit freedom of expression and assembly.

At the President’s direction, the United States Government has been closely monitoring the potential use of chemical weapons within Syria.

We are proud to stand united with our partners in the international community on this World Day Against Child Labor, and with one voice, we call for the elimination of child labor.

No individual or organization acting alone can eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Individuals, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, and civil society groups each have a unique and vital role to play.