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Assistant Secretary of State Gottemoeller Delivers U.S. Opening Statement at Conference on Disarmament
“We recognize that this is a crucial year for the CD as an institution and that the UN General Assembly is monitoring our progress closely. Let’s seize the opportunity to make real progress here and restore the vibrancy of this once vital institution. Business as usual is a recipe for disaster.”
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Space Environment at Risk; U.S. Joins Talks on Space Conduct Code
The United States will join other nations and the European Union to develop an International Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities
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US Panel Highlights Importance of International Cooperation and Assistance for Biodefense Programs
On December 8, 2011, the U.S. Delegation to the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference (BWC RevCon) hosted a side event on the United States Biodefense Program open to all conference participants
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Statement by Secretary Clinton at the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference
President Obama has made it a top goal of his Administration to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, because we view the risk of a bioweapons attack as both a serious national security challenge and a foreign policy priority.
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U.S. Statement to the 2012 Conference on Disarmament
The international community has previously agreed on the importance of FMCT, and on pursuing FMCT in the Conference on Disarmament.
State’s Gottemoeller Interviewed by International Herald Tribune
Interview with Judy Dempsey from the International Herald Tribune and special contributor to the Munich Security Conference
Space Security – An American Perspective
Based on the U.S. National Space Policy and other Presidential guidance, we in the United States associate “space security” […]
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U.S. Statement to the 2012 Conference on Disarmament
The international community has previously agreed on the importance of FMCT, and on pursuing FMCT in the Conference on Disarmament.
State’s Gottemoeller Interviewed by International Herald Tribune
Interview with Judy Dempsey from the International Herald Tribune and special contributor to the Munich Security Conference
Space Security – An American Perspective
Based on the U.S. National Space Policy and other Presidential guidance, we in the United States associate “space security” with the pursuit of those activities that ensure the sustainability, stability, safety, and free access to outer space in support of the vital interests of all nations.
Ambassador Laura Kennedy
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Conference on Disarmament andSecretary Hillary Clinton Visits the BWC Review Conference – December 7
Left to right: From the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention Review Conference United States Permanent Representative and U.S. Special Representative Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Netherlands Ambassador Paul van den IJssel President of the Seventh Review Conference for BWC, Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, and Netherlands Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal Click the photo to enlarge