Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I begin my comments on the CND, I would like to note that today is a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States and our embassies and missions around the world, in honor of my country’s 41st President, George H.W. Bush. I thank those of you who have expressed ...
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By hugheskj | 6 December, 2018 | Topics:
Ambassador, News, Speeches, Statements
| Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC
REMARKS Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo German Marshall Fund Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2018 SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you, Ian, for the kind introduction. Good morning to all of you; thank you for joining me here today. It’s wonderful to be in this beautiful place, to get a chance to make a set of remarks ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 4 December, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches, U.S. Secretary of State
| Tags: DPRK, German Marshall Fund, human rights, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, Michael R. Pompeo, NATO, President Trump, Secretary of State, United Nations
Thank you, Chair, for offering me the floor to speak on such an important topic. Thank you to the UNODC Secretariat for supporting preparations for this expert meeting, which the Commission requested last year in Resolution 61/8 to learn more about the challenges posed by the non-medical use of synthetic opioids and to propose core ...
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By hugheskj | 3 December, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches, Statements
| Tags: CND, Fentanyl, INCB, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC, WHO
Nuclear Technical Cooperation: Benefits from the Nonproliferation Regime for the Developing World Distinguished Co-Chairs, Excellencies, and ladies and gentlemen, the United States is pleased to attend this conference, for as we all approach the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), it is very important to ...
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By hugheskj | 30 November, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches, Statements
| Tags: Assistant Secretary Christopher Ford, IAEA, Non-proliferation Treaty, NPT, nuclear science, Peaceful Uses Initiative, PUI, ReNuAL, Seibersdorf, SIT, Sterile Insect Technique, Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
First Lady Melania Trump traveled to Lynchburg, Virginia this morning to attend an Opioid Town Hall inside Liberty University’s basketball arena. Secretary Azar of Health and Human Services and Secretary Nielsen of Homeland Security accompanied the First Lady to Lynchburg. Upon Arrival, Mrs. Trump was welcomed by President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. and ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 29 November, 2018 | Topics:
News, President of the United States, Speeches
| Tags: First Lady, Melania Trump
Opening Statement as delivered by James A. Walsh, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S. Department of State Vienna, October 16, 2018 Thank you, Madame President. We came together to commit ourselves to countering the threats that stem from transnational organized crime in 2003, when this Convention came into ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 16 October, 2018 | Topics:
Speeches, Statements
| Tags: INL, PDAS, Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, UNTOC
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for being here this morning. It is a great honor to address you on an issue that affects every nation across the globe: the world drug problem. And a big problem it is. The scourge of drug addiction continues to claim too many lives in the United States and in ...
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By hugheskj | 24 September, 2018 | Topics:
Events, News, President Donald Trump, President of the United States, Speeches
| Tags: Opioid Crisis, Transnational Organized Crime, UNGA
Good day, everyone, and thank you for the kind introduction, Laura. This being the 50th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), it’s a big year for thinking about the NPT and its future. As we all do that thinking, we at the U.S. State Department have emphasized the importance ...
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By hugheskj | 24 September, 2018 | Topics:
News, Speeches
| Tags: IAEA, Non-proliferation, Non-proliferation Treaty, NPT, Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, VCNDP
Madam Director, thank you very much. I’d like to begin with a letter that I bring from the President of the United States. I send my greetings to the delegates of the 62nd International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference. The United States strongly supports peaceful nuclear cooperation. This includes American investments in IAEA programs, ...
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By hugheskj | 17 September, 2018 | Topics:
Speeches, Statements
| Tags: IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Iran's nuclear program, JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, North Korea, nuclear, Nuclear Safety, nuclear security, nuclear terrorism, ReNuAL, Safeguards, Seibersdorf
Application of Safeguards in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea IAEA Board of Governors Meeting March 7-11, 2011 Agenda Item 4(b) Application of Safeguards in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea U.S. Statement Ambassador Glyn Davies Permanent US Representative to the IAEA Mr. Chairman, The DPRK’s disclosure last November of a uranium enrichment facility and ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 8 March, 2011 | Topics:
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