🔁 RT @SecBlinken: The United States strongly supports the principled stand reiterated by the leaders of the member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) today calling for the restoration of constitutional order in Niger and the immediate release of President Bazoum.
🔁 RT @StateDeptSpox: We welcome news that the oil has been safely removed from the FSO Safer in Yemen, averting an environmental, economic, and humanitarian disaster. The U.S. urges donors to mobilize the additional funds needed to ensure full completion of the project. https://t.co/V5wxTmVxa5
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U.S. Welcomes Completion of The Safer Oil Tanker Offloading Operation in the Red Sea
I welcome the news that the UN has completed a complex maritime operation in the Red Sea to safely offload the entirety of the oil onboard the FSO Safer, a decaying 47-year-old oil supertanker moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. The Safer was at risk of an…
🔁 RT @StateDeptDSS: Thank you @SecBlinken for visiting our Foreign Affairs Security Training Center today! We were proud to demonstrate our commitment to security training excellence. Your support fuels our dedication to safeguarding U.S. diplomacy at home and abroad. Until next time!
We continue to call on countries to close commercial domestic ivory markets. These markets fuel demand for illegal wildlife, provide an avenue to launder illegal ivory, and hinder efforts to detect and combat ivory trafficking globally. #WorldElephantDay https://t.co/kymyolPH5w
On International #YouthDay, we celebrate emerging leaders. Networks such as @YALINetwork, @ylainetwork & @yseali, and connections formed through @ECAatState programs, help empower young people to play an important role in their communities and the world. https://t.co/08SPjMVT12 https://t.co/vp14204Rsq
Since the Russian aggression, a year and a half ago, the United States has provided about $15.5 billion to global food security. We are by far the largest donor to the @WFP. We provide 50 percent of its budget. Russia provides less than 1 percent of its budget. https://t.co/t3vvfC25iC
🔁 RT @usosce: On #InternationalYouthDay, we need to remember 🇷🇺’s war has stolen a normal childhood from a generation of 🇺🇦’s youth. Rather than having the opportunity to dream about & prepare for their futures in peace, Ukraine’s youth must focus on their survival.
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What Is War to a Grieving Child? | NYT Opinion
Kids didn't start the war in Ukraine. They aren't fighting it. They won't be responsible for ending it. Yet they have suffered deeply and quietly: They have had little say in that awful matter.
In the Opinion video above, though, we hear from Ukrainian…
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🔁 RT @USGlobalYouth: Happy #InternationalYouthDay from the Office of Global Youth Issues! https://t.co/zDvKkQzKm6
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Everyone deserves safe water sources. Through the Global Water Strategy, the U.S. is working in 22+ countries on a wide variety of water security issues, including conservation & management of freshwater resources, all with the goal of creating a water-secure world for everyone. https://t.co/vI1346HCZ4
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In “The Week at State,” the Department remembers the victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy terrorist bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, @SecBlinken honors the inaugural Global Anti-Racism Champions and meets with Mexico’s new Foreign Secretary. Subscribe at: https://t.co/gNUp8OnOFr https://t.co/53FPmA6917
.@SecBlinken: When individuals don’t see themselves reflected in governments purported to represent them, that undermines faith in the system and in democracies. Racism, discrimination–these are not only morally wrong: They make our world less safe, less stable, less prosperous. https://t.co/AKvdtKMCvU
🔁 RT @StateDeptSpox: The United States remains committed to a peaceful resolution of the situation in Niger, consistent with the position of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union, and international partners. https://t.co/tGK7BQwczb
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Former Nigerien President Issoufou
The following is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with former Nigerien President Mohamed Issoufou. The Secretary expressed his grave concern at the continued unlawful detention under deteriorating…
🔁 RT @USUNSpox: Want to know what the United States was up to during our first week as President of the UN Security Council?
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.@SecBlinken: Technology is not inherently good or bad. Whether it makes our societies more or less equitable, whether it promotes or represses human rights, whether it brings us together or drives us apart – that’s up to all of us. https://t.co/OuaK43K0mx
Live now! @StateDeputySpox briefs reporters from the State Department, also streaming on https://t.co/PpPRH2Rt5z https://t.co/TEd4ySkrAL
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Department of State Daily Press Briefing - August 14, 2023 - 1:15 PM
Department Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel, at the Department of State, on August 14, 2023.
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy…
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Under the leadership of the President and Secretary of State, the U.S. Department of State leads America’s foreign policy…
Human rights are critical to American diplomacy, and for a free, open, prosperous, and secure world. https://t.co/DngSkRHORS
🔁 RT @SecBlinken: Today we are announcing deliveries of $200 million worth of arms and equipment for Ukraine. Air defense, anti-armor, and munitions will keep the Ukrainian armed forces in the fight to defend their country's sovereignty, territory, and people.
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