Press Releases: August 2012
08/31/12 Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Verveer Travel to Morocco and Bangladesh; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 Commemorating U.S. Peace and Security Partnerships in the Pacific; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Tamarind House; Rarotonga, Cook Islands
08/31/12 Meets With Staff From Supporting Embassies; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Maniua Beach Hotel; Rarotonga, Cook Islands
08/31/12 Pardon of Azerbaijani Soldier; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/31/12 Remarks With New Zealand Prime Minister Key; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; New Zealand High Commissioner's Residence, Cook Islands
08/31/12 Remarks at the Pacific Islands Forum Post-Forum Dialogue; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Cook Islands National Auditorium; Rarotonga, Cook Islands
08/31/12 Remarks at the Rarotonga Dialogue on Gender Equality; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Rarotonga, Cook Islands
08/31/12 S/Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis Travels to China; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 The Pacific Maritime Surveillance Partnership; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 Trilateral Joint Press Statement Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America Rarotonga, Cook Islands, August 31, 2012; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 U.S. Engagement in the Pacific; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 U.S.-Japan Joint Statement on Aid Coordination in the Pacific Region; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/31/12 Vietnam's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/30/12 Certification of the Colombian Government with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/30/12 On the Occasion of the Slovak Republic's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/30/12 Release of Report by Maldivian Commission of National Inquiry; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/29/12 Amir Hekmati; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/29/12 Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Travel to the Cook Islands, Indonesia, China, Timor-Leste, Brunei, and Russia; Washington, DC
08/29/12 Malaysia Hari Merdeka; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/29/12 Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Release of Foreign Relations, 1969-1976, Volume XXXVIII; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/29/12 Resumed Progress toward Camp Ashraf's Peaceful Closure; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/29/12 U.S. Department of State Announces American Music Abroad Tour to Asia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/28/12 Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation Notice of Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/28/12 Execution of Nine Death Row Inmates in The Gambia; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/28/12 Robert Levinson; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/28/12 Secretary Clinton's Travel to the Cook Islands, Indonesia, China, Timor-Leste, Brunei, and Russia; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/28/12 U.S. Department of State Launches the "Innovation in Arms Control Challenge"; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/27/12 Absentee Voting Information for U.S. Citizens Abroad; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/27/12 Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/25/12 U.S. Government Economic Delegation to Cairo; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 Acting Under Secretary Rose Gottemoeller Travels to Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Russia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 Department of State Laments the Passing of Ambassador Harry G. Barnes, Jr.; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 First-Ever U.S. Youth Observer at the United Nations General Assembly; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 U.S. Department of State Exchange Explores Media Literacy with Tunisian, Libyan, and Egyptian Youth Leaders; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 U.S. Department of State and the NBA Announce Basketball Envoy Program in Senegal; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/24/12 U.S. Department of State and the NBA Announce Burma Basketball Envoy Program; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/23/12 Arrest and Harassment of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Activists in Zimbabwe; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/23/12 Final Rules for Dodd-Frank Sections 1502 and 1504; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/23/12 On the Occasion of Moldova's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/23/12 On the Occasion of Ukraine's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/23/12 United States and Macedonia Sign Open Skies Air Transport Agreement; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/23/12 Uruguay's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/22/12 Taken Question: Attack on Palestinian Youth in Jerusalem; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/21/12 International Security Advisory Board Report on Mutual Assured Stability; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/21/12 Iranian Women Excluded From Major Areas of University Study; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/21/12 The Passing of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/20/12 Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez Travels to Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/20/12 U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan Technical Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/19/12 International Humanitarian Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/19/12 On the Occasion of Eid al-Fitr; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Afghanistan's Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi as Joint Special Representative for Syria; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Firebomb Attack in West Bank; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Government of Sudan's Release of Detained Protesters; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 On the Occasion of Hungary's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Sentencing of Nabeel Rajab; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Sentencing of Pussy Riot Punk Band Members in Russia; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis Travels to Brazil; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Taken Question: Conventions on Diplomatic Asylum and OAS Permanent Council Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/17/12 Taken Question: U.S. Assistance to the Palestinians; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/16/12 Assistant Secretary Brimmer's Participation in the Pacific Islands Forum; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/16/12 Economic Conference on South Sudan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/16/12 Russia: Under Secretary Sherman's Schedule (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/16/12 The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Signs Cooperative Agreements with Several U.S. State Corrections Departments; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/16/12 U.S. Department of State and espnW Announce Final Participants for Inaugural Global Sports Mentoring Program; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/15/12 Department of State Implementation of the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/15/12 Gabonese Republic's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/15/12 OIC Suspension of Syria; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland; Washington, DC
08/15/12 Republic of Indonesia's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/15/12 Special Envoy Hussain's Meetings at the OIC Heads of State Summit in Mecca; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/14/12 Firm Selections Announced for Architect and Engineering Services IDIQ Contracts; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/14/12 Sudan: Rudwan Dawod Trial (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/14/12 U.S.-China Middle East Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake Jr. Travels to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship Launched to Tackle Global Public Policy Challenges; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 India Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Pakistan Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Republic of Congo's National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Republic of Korea Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Special Advisor for Children's Issues Travels to Kyrgyzstan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Special Envoy Hussain's Travel to Mecca; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 Special Representative for Global Partnerships Kris Balderston To Lead Innovation Delegation to Brazil; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/13/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Fulbright-mtvU Fellowship Winners; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/12/12 International Youth Day, August 12, 2012; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/11/12 Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Those Fleeing the Violence in Syria; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/11/12 Remarks With Foreign Minister Davutoglu After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Conrad Hotel; Istanbul, Turkey
08/11/12 Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman's Travel to China, Russia, and the United Kingdom; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Background Briefing By a Senior State Department Official En Route Abuja, Nigeria; En Route Abuja, Nigeria
08/10/12 Background Briefing By a Senior State Department Official, Accra, Ghana; Accra, Ghana
08/10/12 Background Briefing on Further Sanctions Under the Iran Sanctions Act; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Briefing On the Designation of Hezbollah for Supporting the Syrian Regime; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Departments of State and Energy Meet with Linkin Park on Access to Energy; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Release of First United States Strategy To Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Remarks Following Her Meeting with Beninese President Boni Yayi; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Cotonou, Benin
08/10/12 Support for Decrees Reorganizing Yemeni Military; Director Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Syrian State-Run Oil Company Sanctioned under the Iran Sanctions Act; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/10/12 Travel of Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon to Turkey and Romania, August 10-13; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/09/12 Death of USAID Officer in Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/09/12 Remarks Following Expanded Meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan And the National Security Council; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Villa; Abuja, Nigeria
08/09/12 Seating of the Libyan General National Congress; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/08/12 Current Situation in Belarus; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/08/12 Ecuador's Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/08/12 Meeting With Staff and Families of U.S. Embassy Cape Town; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Table Bay Hotel; Cape Town, South Africa
08/08/12 New Government in Timor-Leste; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/08/12 Remarks at a Visit to Delft South Clinic and PEPFAR Transition Signing; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Delft South Clinic; Cape Town, South Africa
08/08/12 Remarks: The United States - South Africa Partnership: Going Global; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; University of Western Cape; Cape Town, South Africa
08/08/12 Youth TechCamp: U.S. Department of State Hosts TechCamp to Empower Youth with Digital Skills; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/07/12 Humanitarian Access for Rohingya in Bangladesh; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/07/12 Joint Statement on the 2012 South Africa-United States Strategic Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/07/12 Remarks With South Africa Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Before their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Pretoria, South Africa
08/07/12 Remarks With South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane After Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Pretoria, South Africa
08/07/12 Remarks at Meeting With U.S. and South African Business Leaders; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Department of International Relations and Cooperation; Pretoria, South Africa
08/07/12 Remarks at a Dinner Hosted by South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Johannesburg, South Africa
08/07/12 Republic of Singapore National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/07/12 State Department Contributes Additional $41 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/07/12 Terrorist Designation of Azzam Abdullah Zureik Al-Maulid Al-Subhi; Washington, DC
08/07/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Sports Visitor Program for Baseball and Softball Players; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/07/12 U.S. Government Assistance to Yemen; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/06/12 Israeli Government's Renewal of the Closure of Palestinian Organizations in Jerusalem (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/06/12 Jovenes en Accion Completion Ceremony; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/06/12 Remarks at the U.S.-South Africa Business Partnership Summit; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Hilton Sandton Hotel; Johannesburg, South Africa
08/06/12 Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/06/12 United States Breaks Ground on New Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/05/12 Concern About Grameen Bank; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/05/12 Cote d'Ivoire Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/05/12 Remarks to Embassy Staff and Families at U.S. Embassy Lilongwe; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Lilongwe, Malawi
08/05/12 Remarks With President Joyce Banda Before Their Meeting; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Lilongwe, Malawi
08/05/12 Remarks at Camp GLOW, Peace Corps, PEPFAR Event; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Camp GLOW; Lilongwe, Malawi
08/05/12 Remarks at Feed the Future Lumbadzi Milk Bulking Event; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Lilongwe, Malawi
08/04/12 Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Travel to Africa; Senior Official; Intercontinental Hotel; Nairobi, Kenya
08/04/12 Remarks Following a Meeting With Kenyan Chief Justice Willy Mutunga; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Judiciary; Nairobi, Kenya
08/04/12 Remarks at a Meeting With Somali Roadmap Signatories; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Intercontinental Hotel; Nairobi, Kenya
08/04/12 Remarks at a Meeting With Staff and Families of Embassy Nairobi; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Nairobi, Kenya
08/04/12 Remarks at a Meeting With the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission and Civil Society Followed by a Press Availability; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Intercontinental Hotel; Nairobi, Kenya
08/04/12 Statement on the Oil Agreement Between South Sudan and Sudan; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/03/12 Government of Israel-Palestinian Authority Agreement on Tax Revenues; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/03/12 Press Availability With South Sudanese Foreign Minister Nhial Deng; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidency; Juba, South Sudan
08/03/12 Remarks at Presentation of Human Rights Defenders Award; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy; Kampala, Uganda
08/03/12 Remarks at Reach Out Mbuya Health Center; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kampala, Uganda
08/03/12 Remarks to Embassy Staff and Families at U.S. Embassy Kampala; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy; Kampala, Uganda
08/03/12 Secretary Clinton Highlights U.S. Support for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Uganda; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/03/12 South China Sea; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/03/12 State Department to Lead Business Trade Mission to South Africa; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/03/12 U.S. Department of State Welcomes Youth Ambassadors from Haiti; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/02/12 Adoption of Somalia's Provisional Constitution; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/02/12 Bolivia's Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/02/12 Jamaica Independence Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/02/12 Readout on Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith's Trip to Burma (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/02/12 Resignation of Kofi Annan as Joint Special Envoy for Syria; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/02/12 U.S. Department of State Welcomes 2012-13 Fulbright Participants; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/02/12 U.S. Humanitarian Aid Reaching Syria and Neighboring Countries; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez Traveling to Hong Kong,Taiwan, and Indonesia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Background Briefing: Senior Administration Official Provides a Readout of the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS) Meeting; Senior Official; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Benin National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Bolivia: Hearing Delays for U.S. Citizen Jacob Ostreicher (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Concern about Camp Ashraf; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Meeting With Embassy Staff and Families; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Radisson Blu Hotel; Dakar, Senegal
08/01/12 Niger National Day; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
08/01/12 PEPFAR Announces Implementation Science Awards; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
08/01/12 Remarks Following Meeting With Senegalese President Macky Sall; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Dakar, Senegal
08/01/12 Remarks on Building Sustainable Partnerships in Africa; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; University of Cheikh Anta Diop; Dakar, Senegal
08/01/12 U.S. Department of State Honors Steven Youngblood as State Alumni Member of the Month; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC