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June 2010

21 June 2010 Obama Praises Shift in Chinese Currency Exchange Policy  The Obama administration welcomed China’s decision to allow its currency, the yuan, to have more flexible exchange rates by allowing several foreign currencies to determine its value, rather than pegging its exchange rate solely to the U.S. dollar.

21 June 2010 U.S., Russia Partner to Strengthen Emergency Disaster Management  Despite occasional political differences, the United States and Russia continue to cooperate against a common enemy — natural and man-made disasters that threaten the political and economic well-being of all nations. Earthquakes, floods, and terrorist acts are disasters that require emergency management, a major task the United States and Russia have been cooperating on for the past 14 years, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director of International Affairs Carole Cameron recently told America.gov.

20 June 2010 White House on Israel’s Announcement on Gaza  U.S. welcomes new policy, implementation to improve situation in Gaza.

20 June 2010 Secretary Clinton Phone Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov  Secretary Clinton spoke by telephone with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. They discussed preparations for the upcoming June 24 summit between President Obama and President Medvedev.

18 June 2010 State’s Gordon on U.S. New Approach to Russia  Russia has produced considerable results to advance U.S. interests, he says.

18 June 2010 Reform Must Ensure Stability of Financial System  Focusing supervision too narrowly on the safety and soundness of individual financial institutions can blind regulators to emerging threats to financial stability that cut across many companies or markets, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says.

18 June 2010 The World Food Prize - What Is It?  When Norman Borlaug won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970, the citation praised him for "providing bread for a hungry world." Borlaug was honored for developing high-yield strains of wheat that averted famine in Asia in the 1960s. Yet, in his acceptance speech, he said there were many others who deserved the award as much as he did.

18 June 2010 London Visa Call Center Status on 18 June @ 0850 BST  

17 June 2010 New START Enhances U.S.-Russian Relations  A new nuclear arms reduction treaty will foster a stable, open and predictable relationship between the United States and Russia, who together possess more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, top leaders in the Obama administration say.

16 June 2010 Obama Vows to Fight Oil Spill “With Everything We’ve Got”  President Obama told Americans his administration will fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill “with everything we’ve got for as long as it takes,” and that he will tell BP executives to set aside money for an independently administered compensation fund for businesses and workers harmed by the spill. Obama also urged Americans to accelerate the country’s transition to a clean energy economy.

16 June 2010 Obama's Letter to G20 Leaders on Upcoming Meetings in Toronto  President looks forward to working collectively to renew global economy.

16 June 2010 A Long March to Human Rights in Iran  Negar says that when she and her friends poured onto the streets of Tehran in June 2009 to protest the official results of the Iranian presidential election, they were sure that they had altered Iran’s future. “Everything changed in one night. Unbelievable,” she said.

16 June 2010 IRS London news alert: Are You a Victim of Vishing?

16 June 2010 Secretary Clinton's Remarks at Announcement of 2010 World Food Prize Winners

15 June 2010 Remarks by President Obama to the Nation on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (White House)

15 June 2010 U.N. Rights Body Rebukes Iran on Human Rights  The United States joined 55 other nations in rebuking Iran for its lack of progress in providing human rights protections for its citizens after national elections in June 2009. Norway’s representative to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Ambassador Bente Angell-Hansen, read a statement during the 14th session of the council that expressed concern about the Iranian regime’s treatment of its citizens following disputed national elections a year ago.

15 June 2010 Children Exploited for Cheap Labor Worldwide  To lessen exploitive child labor globally, the root causes must be addressed by ensuring access to education for all children and helping families to overcome the poverty that contributes to child labor, President Obama says. “All of us must recommit ourselves to creating a world where our children have a brighter future, free of exploitive labor,” Obama said in observing the World Day Against Child Labor.

15 June 2010 Statement by Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs - On The Publication of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry Report

14 June 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: International Offers of Assistance including United Kingdom  As we work to mitigate the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States is grateful for the offers of assistance received from seventeen countries and four international bodies in the form of equipment, expertise and general assistance.

14 June 2010 State Department Hosts International Fulbright Science, Technology Fellows

14 June 2010 Fact Sheet: The United States and Africa: Partnering for Progress  The United States has been a strong advocate of the nations of Africa since their independence, and remains determined to support its African partners in achieving the shared long-term goals of democracy, stability, and prosperity.

14 June 2010 Secretary Clinton's Remarks on the Release of the 10th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report  "Behind these statistics on the pages are the struggles of real human beings.... Through this report we bear witness ... and commit ourselves to abolishing this horrible crime."
 •  María Otera, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs on the 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
 •  Fact Sheet - Trafficking in Persons: Ten Years of Partnering to Combat Modern Slavery

Trafficking in Persons Report The report is available in HTML format (see this index page) and in PDF format as a single file [PDF: 22 MB]. Due to its large size, the PDF has been separated into sections for easier download: Introduction; Country Narratives: A-B, C-F, G-J, K-M, N-S, T-Z/Special Cases; Relevant International Conventions
 •  United Kingdom - The full report is available in HTML and PDF formats as a single file. Due to its large size, the PDF has been separated into sections for easier download. UK Country Report is in the country narratives Countries N Through Z and may be found by searching for UNITED KINGDOM (Tier 1)

12 June 2010 Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom  The President and British Prime Minister David Cameron spoke today by telephone in their first substantive conversation since the President’s congratulatory call on May 22, 2010.  The President looks forward to seeing Cameron in Canada later this month and in Washington on July 20.

12 July 2010 Secretary Clinton on the official birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth II

11 June 2010 Open Skies Treaty Fulfills Arms Control Needs  During three days of talks in Vienna, senior negotiators from 34 nations that stretch from Vancouver in the west to Vladivostok in the east met to assess implementation of the 10-year-old Open Skies Treaty — a step that is taken every five years. The treaty permits nations to conduct unarmed aerial observation flights over the territories of the treaty’s members, with notification, as a practical means of verifying compliance with arms control and nonproliferation agreements.

10 June 2010 World Cup 2010: Respect and Diversity  Podcast on role of soccer in building communities.

10 June 2010 U.S. Economy Continues Growing at Moderate Pace  The U.S. economy continues to grow at a moderate pace, but the unemployment rate will likely see only a “slow reduction” over time, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. "The economy … appears to be on track to continue to expand through this year and next," Bernanke said.

09 June 2010 State's Gottemoeller at Open Skies Review Conference in Vienna  Says Open Skies serves not only its members, but security of OSCE states.

09 June 2010 Obama on U.N. Security Council Resolution on Iran Sanctions  Says Iran has failed to live up to its obligations under NPT.

09 June 2010 Statement by Foreign Ministers of P5+1 on the Adoption of UNSCR 1929 on Iran   "We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our determination and commitment to seek an early negotiated solution to the Iranian nuclear issue. The adoption of UNSCR 1929, while reflecting the international community's concern about the Iranian nuclear program and reconfirming the need for Iran to comply with the UN Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors requirements, keeps the door open for continued engagement between P5+1 and Iran."
 • U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929 on Sanctions Against Iran

09 June 2010 Secretary Clinton on the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1929 on Iran

08 June 2010 Defense Secretary Robert Gates, British Counterpart Liam Fox Praise Alliance  The defense secretaries of the United States and Great Britain today praised the strength and depth of the U.S.-British alliance and pledged continued cooperation in meeting today’s challenges and those of the future. During a news conference after their meeting, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and his British counterpart, Liam Fox, said they discussed a variety of issues, including Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Afghanistan, an upcoming British defense and security review, the need for NATO reform, and the threat terrorism poses to the world.

08 June 2010 Computer Hackers in White Hats  Vint Cerf, the computer scientist often called the father of the Internet, looked out at the audience gathered beneath the chandeliers of the Benjamin Franklin Room and observed, “This is probably the geekiest gathering ever in the history of the State Department.” The words were a tribute to an assemblage of 150 software developers and computer-code writers who were giving up their weekends to trade ideas and design applications for disaster response and relief.

08 June 2010 Students from Taiwan, Egypt, Singapore Win U.S. Website Contest   Students from Taiwan, Egypt and Singapore created websites on three very different themes — world hunger, world peace and government censorship — that earned special recognition in the 2010 Doors to Diplomacy website contest sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

07 June 2010 Climate Change Media Partnership Trains, Connects Journalists  Mass communications media in the developed world have covered scientific and political debates over the impact of global climate change for nearly two decades. But journalists in developing countries did not have the budgets, the training, or the opportunities to do the same.

07 June 2010 Biden, Egypt’s Mubarak Discuss New Approaches to Gaza   Vice President Biden said the United States is consulting with Egypt and other countries on new ways to address the situation in Gaza, and he urged progress in the proximity talks between Israel and the Palestinians as a step toward peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict through a two-state solution.

07 June 2010 Ambassador Kelly at Open Skies Review Conference  Open Skies one of most effective Euro-Atlantic arms control treaties.

06 June 2010 See You In The U.S.A.  Every year tens of millions of people visit the United States. They come to study, or for business, or for fun. But the best reason of all is to meet Americans. This issue of eJournal U.S.A. is produced by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.

06 June 2010The Ongoing Administration-Wide Response to the Deepwater BP Oil Spill (White House)

05 June 2010 Secretary Clinton on World Environment Day  

04 June 2010 Obama Postpones Asia Visit with “Deep Regret”  President Obama has had to postpone for a second time his planned trip to Australia and Indonesia in order to oversee continuing efforts to stop a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico and clean up the environmental damage.

04 June 2010 Statement on 21st Anniversary of Tiananmen Square  U.S. urges China to release those serving sentences for peaceful protests.

03 June 2010 One Year After Cairo Speech, U.S. Continues Outreach to Muslims  Over the past year, the Obama administration has been reaching out and listening to Muslim communities around the world, focusing on a “new beginning” based on mutual interest and respect that President Obama called for in his June 4, 2009, speech at Cairo University in Egypt. His vision has yielded new partnerships between the U.S. and Muslim communities, demonstrating Obama’s own lesson from his days as a community organizer in Chicago.

02 June 2010 North Korea Persists in 59-Year-Old Disinformation  It is the disinformation story that refuses to die. North Korea persists, after 59 years of futile efforts, in trying to convince the world that the United States used chemical and biological weapons during the Korean War. The North Korean claims are false, and documents discovered in the Soviet archives in the 1990s reveal that the Soviets knew the charges were fraudulent as long ago as 1953.

02 June 2010 New U.S. Cooperation for International Criminal Court  Although the United States is not a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Obama administration is looking for ways to cooperate with the international body to increase its effectiveness while also encouraging increased capacities in local judicial systems to prosecute atrocities and human rights violations.

02 June 2010 A Battle over Ancient Bits of Clay  The fate of clay tablets that recorded details of everyday government transactions in the Persian Empire 2,500 years ago might depend on maneuverings in the government of the modern United States. A proposed amendment to the annual U.S. Defense Department authorization bill would protect cultural artifacts from seizure for a foreign government’s debt if the artifacts are held by institutions such as museums and libraries.

02 June 2010 U.S. Embassy Sponsors Songwriting Workshop for Schoolchildren in Bristol In April the U.S. Embassy London sponsored a songwriting contest for eighteen Fairfield High School students from diverse backgrounds. Three instructors from the U.S.-based Modern Improvisational Music Association (MIMA) led the workshops. MIMA Music has now created this Youtube video, Talk of the Town 2010, about the project.

01 June 2010 NPT Review Conference Affirms Obama’s Nonproliferation Agenda  U.S. officials lauded the agreement resulting from the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York as furthering President Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons where all countries can enjoy access to peaceful nuclear energy.

01 June 2010 Obama Expresses Concern, Regret over Israeli Ship Raid   President Obama supports a U.N. Security Council statement that condemns an Israeli raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla headed for Gaza and calls for a full investigation, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says.

01 June 2010 Writing Project Helping Afghan Women Find Their Voices   Among the many voices speaking for and about Afghanistan — whether government officials, soldiers, tribal leaders or the Taliban — one voice has been largely absent: that of the country’s women. The Afghan Women’s Writing Project seeks to change that through an online partnership of American writers, teachers and journalists who serve as editorial mentors to women throughout Afghanistan who are trying to articulate their experiences in poetry, essays, and stories.

May 2010

31 May 2010 Free Gaza Flotilla  The United States deeply regrets the tragic loss of life and injuries suffered among those involved in the incident today aboard the Gaza-bound ships. We are working to ascertain the facts, and expect that the Israeli government will conduct a full and credible investigation.

28 May 2010 Background briefing on Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts with regard to Iran and the Brazil/Turkey Agreement

28 May 2010 Obama: We Will Stop Gulf Oil Leak  President Obama said the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is a tragedy that is difficult to stop, but the U.S. government is exploring all reasonable strategies in an effort to plug the leak and mitigate the ecological and economic damage. Speaking to reporters at a White House press conference, Obama said the federal government is overseeing the actions taken by British Petroleum to plug the leak at its offshore well, saying government officials are “authorized to direct BP in the same way that they’d be authorized to direct those same teams if they were technically being paid by the federal government.”

28 May 2010 Democracy Is … Stories of Survival and Hope Survival and hope are messages that run through this year’s Democracy Video Challenge finalists from the Western Hemisphere.The U.S. State Department-sponsored contest, now in its second year, challenges videographers the world over to describe what “Democracy Is…” in three minutes or less.

27 May 2010 Prospects for U.S.-Russia Missile Defense Cooperation  Remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank A. Rose at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London

27 May 2010 President Obama Releases New National Security Strategy
• National Security Strategy [PDF]
• President Obama’s Introduction to National Security Strategy Report
• White House Fact Sheet: Actions in Support of Obama’s National Security Strategy
• Overview of 2010 National Security Strategy Report
• Remarks By Secretary Clinton On the Obama Administration's National Security Strategy

27 May 2010 Remarks by President Obama on Gulf Oil Spill

27 May 2010 U.S. Men’s World Cup Team Receives Presidential Send-Off

26 May 2010 Securing the Homeland by Renewing American Strength, Resilience and Values  Remarks by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan.

26 May 2010 Memorial Day Holiday Honors American War Dead  The Memorial Day holiday celebrated by Americans on the last Monday of May represents for many the unofficial beginning of summer. Many will travel over the long holiday weekend to seek out friends and family, beaches and amusement parks. But most will pause at some point to recall the holiday’s true purpose: honoring those who died defending their nation.

26 May 2010 Briefing by Clinton, South Korean Foreign Minister Yu in Seoul  Secretary Clinton expresses U.S. solidarity with, and support for, the people of South Korea.

26 May 2010 New London Embassy Design Competition Exhibit Officially Opens  The New London Embassy design competition exhibit has officially opened at the headquarters of the American Institute of Architects in Washington, D.C.

25 May 2010 Clinton Says Iran Nuclear Swap Plan a Ploy Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in China for strategic and economic negotiations, says a plan offered by Iran to swap some of its enriched uranium for reactor fuel is a “transparent ploy” to avoid U.N. Security Council sanctions.

25 May 2010 Chinese, U.S. Economies Complementary, Treasury’s Geithner Says   At the close of the two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing, U.S. officials welcomed Chinese commitments to continue increasing domestic demand and consumption, to place currency exchange on their economic reform agenda and to move toward facilitating foreign business competition in China. In a prepared statement, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said May 25 that both countries are acting on commitments they made in 2009 to broadly rebalance economic growth in the wake of the global financial crisis. As a result, “Americans are saving and investing more and borrowing less from the rest of the world, and China is consuming and importing more.”
• Concluding Joint Statements at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
• Secretaries Clinton and Geithner Joint Press Availability in Beijing

24 May 2010 White House Statement Endorses President Lee’s demand for North Korea’s Apology  President Obama fully supports President Lee in his handling of the ROKS Cheonan incident and the objective investigation that followed. The measures that the government of the Republic of Korea announced today are called for and entirely appropriate. The Republic of Korea can continue to count on the full support of the United States, as President Obama has made clear.

24 May 2010 China, U.S. Look for Cooperative Economic Approach  At the opening of the second round of the China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the two countries can find “win-win solutions rather than zero-sum rivalries” as they discuss ways to expand their trade, investment and security relationships.

22 May 2010 Remarks by the President at the United States Military Academy, West Point

21 May 2010 U.S. Treasury Secretary to Meet with European Finance Officials  U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, after visiting Beijing for economic talks with the Chinese, will head to Europe to confer with finance and banking officials in Britain and Germany on efforts to restore confidence in the interconnected global financial system.

20 May 2010 Remarks by the President on Wall Street Reform

20 May 2010 Top U.S. Scientists Urge Action on Climate Change   The National Academy of Sciences — the United States’ leading body of scientists — doesn’t typically jump into policy debates. However, it has strayed from its normal role as a science adviser to the government and urged the United States to implement “prompt and sustained strategies” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

20 May 2010 United States Reaffirms Commitment to Addressing Global Hunger and Food Security through Feed the Future Initiative
 • Remarks by Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, USAID at Chicago Council Symposium on Agriculture and Food Security

19 May 2010 U.S. Mideast Envoy Begins New Round of Indirect Peace Talks  U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell has begun a second round of indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians focused on possible outlines of a future Palestinian state.

19 May 2010 United States Assistance for Palestinian Refugees in Syria  U.S. contributes an additional $1.4 million to support refugees in Damascus.

19 May 2010 Pakistan, U.S. Statement on Visit of Senior Officials to Pakistan  Security adviser and CIA director continue strategic dialogue with Pakistan.

19 May 2010 New London Embassy Design Competition Exhibit  From May 10 to June 30, 2010 the Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Building Operations and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) are presenting an exhibit at AIA headquarters, 1735 New York Avenue NW, Washington DC.

18 May 2010 The UK-U.S. Alliance:  Still Special or Just Another Partnership?  Remarks by Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, Sandra Kaiser at the Royal United Services Institute

18 May 2010 U.S. Officials Call for New START Ratification   Senior U.S. officials urged the U.S. Senate to approve a new arms control pact with Russia that will improve relations with the former Cold War foe and enhance national security and diplomatic credibility while not undercutting U.S. nuclear forces.
 • Clinton’s Remarks at Senate Hearing on New START Treaty

18 May 2010 Major Powers Agree on Iran Sanctions  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the major powers have agreed on a draft sanctions resolution against Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
 • Remarks by Amb. Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations On the P5+1 Draft Sanctions Resolution on Iran

17 May 2010 U.S. Not Convinced by Iranian Nuclear Arrangement  The United States will continue to work with its partners and the U.N. Security Council to convince the Iranian regime that it must show its willingness to live up to international obligations and forgo a nuclear weapons development program, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says.

17 May 2010 As Shuttle Program Winds Down, Space Station Science Takes Off  Two shuttle missions remain after Atlantis’s perfect, final May 14 launch.

17 May 2010 Commander Discusses NATO Contributions in Afghanistan  The NATO allies are in Afghanistan for the long haul and have made both significant progress and significant commitments to the effort there, the alliance’s supreme allied commander for Europe said here today.

14 May 2010 Sec. Clinton Speaking with William Hague says Iran Unlikely to Respond to Nuclear Concerns Without U.N. Action

14 May 2010 Secretary Clinton's Remarks With British Foreign Secretary William Hague After Their Meeting

14 May 2010 The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution on 12 May "recognizing the special relationship and historic ties between the United Kingdom and the United States."

13 May 2010 Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call with United Kingdom Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg  The Vice President congratulated Clegg on his new role as Deputy Prime Minister and said he looked forward to working with the new government in the United Kingdom on the range of strategic challenges facing both countries.

13 May 2010 Joint Statement By The Delegations Of The Russian Federation And The U.S. On New Start Treaty

13 May 2010 Sec. Clinton's Remarks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a Moderated Conversation at the U.S. Institute of Peace

13 May 2010 Secretary Clinton and Afghan Women Ministers Before Their Meeting  The U.S. continues to target assistance to women, including better health care.

12 May 2010 Joint Statement from the President and President Karzai of Afghanistan  U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, accompanied by senior-level delegations, convened wide-ranging discussions aimed at deepening cooperation on the shared and mutual priorities of the United States and Afghanistan.  These discussions on governance, security, economic and social development, and regional issues built on past sessions of the United States – Afghanistan Strategic Dialogue.

12 May 2010 Obama Offers Support for Afghan Peace Jirga  President Obama expressed support for the Afghan government’s planned consultative peace jirga aimed at discussing how to reconcile Taliban fighters with the rest of the country, describing the national council as “an important milestone that America supports.”

12 May 2010 U.S. Senators Present Climate Bill, but Obstacles Remain  Nearly a year after lawmakers in the House of Representative passed climate change legislation, two of their colleagues on the Senate side presented their own version of a bill. If enacted, the legislation would dramatically curtail U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases in coming decades.

12 May 2010 U.S. Economic Envoy Welcomes GE Energy Announcement   U.S. Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland, Declan Kelly, welcomed today’s announcement by GE Energy that it will create over 100 new jobs as part of an expansion of its operations in Northern Ireland.  The new positions will be primarily in advanced manufacturing, research and development, and technical support roles.

11 May 2010 Simon Wiesenthal Center Premiers Winston Churchill: Walking With Destiny at U.S. Embassy London   Ambassador and Mrs. Susman hosted the event alongside the Founder and Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi Marvin Hier. The night celebrated the 70th anniversary of Winston Churchill accepting the role of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

12 May 2010 President Obama's Remarks about UK Prime Minister David Cameron  He’s somebody who I had had the occasion of meeting when I had traveled to England previously. I find him to be a smart, dedicated, effective leader, and somebody who we are going to be able to work with very effectively.

11 May 2010 Statement by the President on his call with Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom  "Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British Prime Minister.  As I told the Prime Minister, the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom, and I reiterated my deep and personal commitment to the special relationship between our two countries – a bond that has endured for generations and across party lines, and that is essential to the security and prosperity of our two countries, and the world."

11 May 2010 Clinton Pledges Long-Term U.S. Commitment to Afghanistan  The Obama administration recognizes that the futures of the United States and Afghanistan are shared and pledges a long-term commitment to the Afghan people that will endure long after U.S. forces have left the country, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at the opening of high-level bilateral discussions in Washington.

11 May 2010 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton At U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Discussions

11 May 2010 Secretary Clinton's Remarks With Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Before Their Meeting

10 May 2010 Message from Obama on Peaceful Nuclear Agreement with Russia  Resubmits proposed agreement by U.S. and Russia for congressional review.

10 May 2010 Karzai Visit to Washington Comes at Important Time, U.S. Says  Afghan President Hamid Karzai leads a delegation of senior Afghan officials to the United States for what Obama administration officials describe as an opportunity to evaluate the broad strategic partnership between the two countries as they focus on shared security, governance and development goals.

10 May 2010 Roundtable on U.S.-Russia Information, Communication Technology  Dialogue on a range of topics including broadband and Internet governance.

09 May 2010 Secretary Clinton's Interview with Scott Pelley of CBS 60 Minutes

09 May 2010 Statement by Secretary Clinton on Europe Day  "Sixty years ago, Robert Schuman called for an organized European continent blessed by solidarity and peace. Out of this “Schuman declaration” evolved the strong and prosperous European Union we hail as a friend and key ally today, a tremendous achievement for the people of Europe."

08 May 2010 Obama's Interview on Channel Rossiya, Russian TV  Discusses Russian-American relations, the New START Treaty and Iran.

07 May 2010 Highlighting the U.S. Commitment to Nuclear Disarmament   By Ellen Tauscher, under secretary of state for arms control and international security.

07 May 2010 Karzai Visit to Washington Comes at Important Time, U.S. Says  Afghan President Hamid Karzai leads a delegation of senior Afghan officials to the United States May 10–13 for what Obama administration officials describe as an opportunity to evaluate the broad strategic partnership between the two countries as they focus on shared security, governance and development goals.

07 May 2010 U.S. Envoy Meets Palestinian Leaders to Discuss Peace Talks  President Obama's point man in the Middle East is continuing with a shuttle mission aimed at reviving the peace process. U.S. envoy George Mitchell met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank to discuss plans for indirect peace talks with Israel.

06 May 2010 U.N. Permanent Five Promote Nuclear Nonproliferation  The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council strongly endorsed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and called on all 189 nations that participate in it to conform to its principles to block the spread of nuclear weapons, pursue disarmament and promote the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

06 May 2010 U.S. Reaffirms Its Support for WMD-Free Middle East  The United States joined the four other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council in expressing a commitment to fully implement a 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty resolution that would establish the Middle East as a region free of weapons of mass destruction.

06 May 2010 Hunger Numbers Worldwide Continue to Rise  Hunger numbers are rising as the developing world continues to deal with the compounding effects of a global financial crisis and a global food crisis, warns the executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran. Sheeran discussed global hunger recently at a briefing in Washington.

06 May 2010 Report on U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan

06 May 2010 Remarks by Vice President Biden to the European Parliament

05 May 2010 Obama Praises Indonesia’s Intent to Ratify Test Ban Treaty  President Obama welcomed Indonesia’s announcement that it is initiating the process of ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, describing it as a signal that more countries are joining what he called “a renewed effort to reinforce global nonproliferation.”

05 May 2010 Biden to Discuss Security, Economic Issues in Belgium, Spain  Vice President Biden will conduct consultations with officials from NATO, the European Union and Spain during a three-day trip that will focus on critical strategic, security and economic issues, the White House says. The vice president is expected to make a major address to the European Parliament on U.S.-EU cooperation, especially in the areas of security and counterterrorism.

05 May 2010 U.S. Expects Mideast Proximity Talks to Begin Within Days  U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell has begun four days of discussions with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and the State Department has described his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “good and productive,” adding that it expects proximity talks between the two sides will begin before Mitchell returns to Washington.

05 May 2010 U.S. Seeking to Boost “Fast-Track” Climate Aid   The United States plans to do its share to meet “fast-track” financial obligations spelled out by the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, U.S. officials say. For fiscal year 2011, which begins October 1, President Obama’s administration has requested $1.9 billion in international climate funds from Congress, which must approve all federal spending.

04 May 2010 Ambassador Susman's Remarks Before the Oxford Union

04 May 2010 Toward a World Free from Nuclear Danger  Ambassador Susman: "I want to thank the United Kingdom as they join us this week as we work with our partners to reinvigorate the NPT, the cornerstone of the international nonproliferation regime and an essential foundation for eventual nuclear disarmament".

04 May 2010 United States Reveals Size of Nuclear Arsenal  In an effort to strengthen global arms control, the United States has revealed that it has 5,113 operational warheads in its nuclear arsenal. “Increasing the transparency of our nuclear weapons stockpile, and our dismantlement as well, is important to both our nonproliferation efforts and to the efforts we have under way to pursue arms control that will follow the New START Treaty,” a senior U.S. defense official said at a Pentagon briefing.

04 May 2010 Iran, North Korea Criticized for Violating Nuclear Commitments  Countries at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in New York must use the monthlong gathering not only to strengthen efforts toward disarmament and expanded use of peaceful nuclear energy, but also to send a strong message to violators such as Iran and North Korea that “they will pay a high price for breaking the rules,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

03 May 2010 Secretary Clinton press availability at the United Nations  
 • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Promoting Non-Proliferation

03 May 2010 Governments Respond to Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico  Federal, state and local officials are working aggressively to contain a major oil spill from a collapsed deep-water oil rig that is threatening beaches, marshlands and estuaries along the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico. President Obama traveled to the southeastern Louisiana coast May 2 to reassure residents and fishermen that the federal government was doing all it can to help mitigate the impact of a huge oil spill that is drifting toward the U.S. coastline.

03 May 2010 New U.S. Support for Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones and Energy Use  Countries gathered at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference must decide if the 21st century will be a time that sees the continued spread of nuclear weapons or a period that helps realize the vision of a world without them, said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

03 May 2010 Clinton Outlines Steps to Support Opportunities for Women  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told women entrepreneurs from around the world that they are essential partners in global efforts to increase peace, prosperity, stability and security. “We need each and every one of you to lend your entrepreneurial skill and energy to meeting the global challenges of this new century,” she said.

02 May 2010 Remarks by President Obama on Oil Spill  President Obama promises help as disaster worsens

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