US & Canada
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Demonstrations planned in Madrid from February 24 to March 3, 2023
DATE DURATION PURPOSE OF DEMONSTRATION LOCATION February 24, 2023 1100-1400 In support of animal rights Calle de Alcalà 16-0 February 24, 2023 1100-1400 Work questions: Hotel Miguel Ángel Calle de Miguel Angel 29-0 February 24, 2023 1600-1730 To protest the Spanish government’s obedience to US directives…
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Remarks by CdA Crowley at the Ukrainian Women’s Bandura Concert
Parco della Musica Ennio MorriconeSinopoli HallFebruary 22, 2023 (As prepared for delivery) Good evening. Thank you, State Secretary Mazzi. As a key member of NATO, the EU and the G7, Italy plays a leading role in the international coalition in support of Ukraine. I would also like to thank all our partners, particularly Canada and the UK, without whom today’s…
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Remarks at an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly ahead of the vote on a resolution to achieve peace in Ukraine
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUS Representative to the United NationsNew-York, New-YorkFebruary 22, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you Mr President. Many thanks to the Secretary General. Colleagues, today we are gathered to discuss an important, historic resolution – a resolution that will promote diplomacy, dialogue and a lasting peace in Ukraine. The timing of this moment is of course intentional. A year ago,…
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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a high-level side event on gross human rights abuses stemming from Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield delivers a speech at the UN side event on Ukraine Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUS Representative to the United NationsNew-York, New-YorkFebruary 22, 2023 AS DELIVERED I would like to thank Ukraine and the other co-sponsors for bringing us together for this sobering but vitally important side event. A year ago, Russia launched its unprovoked, illegal, all-out invasion of Ukraine.…
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Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a UN Security Council briefing on Somalia
Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUS Representative to the United NationsNew-York, New-YorkFebruary 22, 2023 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Madam President. And let me thank Deputy Special Representative Gbeho, Special Representative Souef and Executive Director Ms. Bahous for your briefings and insightful presentations today. I would also like to welcome the presence of the Somali PR in the room today. Last month I had…
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Treasury Department Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Network of “Super Lab” Suppliers and Fentanyl Operators
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has identified six Mexican nationals and Sinaloa Cartel members involved in illicit methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking and six Mexico-based companies under Executive Order (EO) 14059 This network, led by brothers Ludim Zamudio Lerma and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma, is responsible for funneling illicit precursor chemicals directly into…
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US Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
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Where do novels come from? About writing and creativity
Where do novels come from? About writing and creativity Tuesday, April 18, 8 p.m. – English Theater Berlin | International Center for the Performing Arts fidicinstr. 40, 10965 Berlin School groups free by registering with [email protected] by April 12. Book tickets: 030 – 691 12 11; by email to [email protected] Where do novels come from? About writing and creativity Lauren…
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Berlinale Reception Hosted by the Ambassador: Solidarity with Ukraine
Berlinale reception hosted by the ambassador underscores solidarity with Ukraine Ambassador Oleksiy Makeev withAmbassador Amy Gutman On February 21, Ambassador Gutmann welcomed 400 guests from the film industry and a diverse, cross-generational audience from Berlin’s cultural world to a reception at the Berlin Embassy on the occasion of the Berlinale Film Festival. Celebrity guests included Steven Spielberg, CEO of the…
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US government launches $39 million family planning and reproductive health program in Egypt
February 21, 2023 Cairo – With a $39 million grant to Pathfinder International, the U.S. government today launched a new initiative in Egypt called OSRA through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) (“Family” in Arabic) providing young Egyptians with information on voluntary family planning and reproductive health options for healthy and sustainable child spacing. Along with Pathfinder International,…
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