US Mission Geneva

The United States will continue to do our part — securing our own material and helping others protect theirs. We’re moving forward with Russia to eliminate enough plutonium for about 17,000 nuclear weapons and turn it instead into electricity.

President Obama will discuss his ongoing commitment to nuclear nonproliferation and efforts to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists or criminal organizations.

“The United States is committed to eradicating trafficking in persons,” President Obama said, “and we will draw on tools ranging from law enforcement and victim service provision, to public awareness building and diplomatic pressure.

President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron said the U.S. and the U.K. will continue working together toward a peaceful solution in Syria and to support U.N. and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan’s diplomatic efforts to end the violence there.

The Peace Corps, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Health Service Corps are launching an innovative public-private partnership to place nurses, physicians and other health professionals as adjunct faculty in medical and nursing schools overseas.

The alliance between the United States and Great Britain is a partnership of the heart, bound by the history, traditions and values we share

“We’ve got a constructive economic relationship with China and, whenever possible, we are committed to working with them to address our concerns,” President Obama said in announcing the new trade case from the White House.

President Obama says he will host the 2012 Group of Eight (G8) summit of advanced economies outside Washington at the Maryland presidential retreat of Camp David to discuss long-term global economic recovery.

On March 6, President Obama signed a proclamation to implement the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, paving the way for increased trade between the United States and South Korea.