READOUT OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met today in New York City with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to discuss President Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine and its devastating effects on global food security. They discussed the Secretary-General’s visit in April to Kyiv and Moscow, noted concerns regarding ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 May, 2022 | Topics: Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, Syria, The Secretary of State, ukraine, United Nations
PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE By suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, countries around the world chose to hold Moscow to account today for gross and systematic violations of human rights in its premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war of choice against Ukraine. We have seen growing evidence of Russia’s brutal disregard for international law and human rights in Ukraine, most notably ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 April, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Russia, The Secretary of State, ukraine, UN and Related Organizations, United Nations
Nations around the world are denouncing the Russian government’s unprovoked and unconscionable war against Ukraine. On March 2, in a rare emergency session, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine and demand that Moscow immediately end its military operations in Ukraine. “This extraordinary move by the United Nations demonstrates ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 8 March, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: Russia, ukraine, United Nations
Countries worldwide are taking action to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from continuing his war in Ukraine. More than
30 countries have announced strong sanctions and export controls targeting Russia, presenting a united front against Russia’s aggression. The United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the European Commission are among ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 4 March, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: international cooperation, President Biden, Russia, Sanctions, ukraine, United Nations
Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Russia to reject the “path of war” and withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s borders. “As we meet today the most immediate threat to peace and security is Russia’s looming aggression against
Ukraine, ” the secretary said February 17 at the U.N. Security Council in New York. The secretary said evidence of ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 18 February, 2022 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: nato, Russia, Secretary Blinken, ukraine, United Nations
By
Leigh Hartman What if your culture was banned by your government? Or your child was taken from you and raised speaking another language? Was your wife or daughter sterilized without her consent? Wouldn’t you want the world to know? On October 21, the United States, France, Luxembourg, and Belgium joined 39 other countries in calling for ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 14 December, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: China, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, international cooperation, United Nations, Uyghurs
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United Nations Children’s Fund, better known around the world as UNICEF, was created 75 years ago as a part of a concerted effort to provide supplies and assistance to children in the aftermath of World War II. Today, the organization works in more than 190 countries as the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 December, 2021 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News | Tags: Office of the Spokesperson, The Secretary of State, United Nations
The United States is rejoining the United Nations Human Rights Council to promote and defend human rights worldwide. The United States was elected October 14 to a seat on the council for a three-year term, from January 2022 to December 2024. The United States will be one of 47 nations composing the council. “Together, we ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 27 October, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, freedom of religion, United Nations
By
Leigh Hartman The United States is stepping up efforts to combat corruption and support honest governance around the world. President Biden, in a
June 3 memorandum , elevated the fight against global corruption to a national security priority. Anti-corruption efforts are one of three pillars of the Summit for Democracy that Biden will host December 9-10. The other two ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 September, 2021 | Topics: News, U.S. Agencies | Tags: civil society, corruption, good governance, United Nations, USAID
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is committed to a world in which human rights are protected, their defenders are celebrated, and those who commit human rights abuses are held accountable. Promoting respect for human rights is not something we can do alone, but is best accomplished working with our allies and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 February, 2021 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: Human Rights, United Nations
January 1, 1942, was a milestone in diplomatic history — a day when representatives of the “Big Four” Allied countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China) gathered in Washington to sign the
United Nations Declaration , formally pledging cooperation in defeating the forces of fascism. The following day, representatives of 22 other Allied ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 28 December, 2020 | Topics: History, Key Officials, News | Tags: international cooperation, U.S. history, United Nations, WWII
As the coronavirus spread beyond its borders, China’s leaders successfully lobbied the World Health Organization (WHO) not to declare a public health emergency of international concern. Soon after this disastrous January decision, the Chinese Communist Party blocked a WHO team from investigating the pandemic’s source and China’s response. “China has extracted concessions from the health ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 30 November, 2020 | Topics: Health Issues, History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: China, international cooperation, international security, United Nations, WHO
The Chinese Communist Party’s human rights violations are drawing international outcry. Dozens of countries demand the CCP end its mass internment of Uyghurs and other abuses. In an
October 6 joint statement to the United Nations , 39 countries fault the CCP’s increasing number of “gross human rights violations” against ethnic and religious minorities in Xinjiang province and the regime’s authoritarian behavior in ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 29 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: China, civic equality, cultural preservation, freedom of religion, United Nations
The United Nations’
World Food Programme (WFP) has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its work fighting hunger, preventing the use of hunger as a weapon during war and paving the way for peace in conflict areas. WFP’s Executive Director David Beasley said the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s October 9 selection of the WFP for the coveted ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 28 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, News | Tags: humanitarian assistance, nutrition, United Nations
Today, the Missions to the United Nations of the United States, Peru, and Sierra Leone co-sponsored an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 20th anniversary of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Protocol – a legally binding international instrument ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 October, 2020 | Topics: Human Rights, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: human trafficking, Office of the Spokesperson, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, United Nations
STEPHEN BIEGUN, DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE Thank you, Ambassador Richmond, for the introduction. Good morning or evening to everyone participating from around the world, especially our distinguished speakers. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons in Palermo, Italy. The Protocol stands ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 October, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Documents, Key Officials, News, News from Washington | Tags: human trafficking, United Nations
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is urging world leaders to recommit to protecting the human rights of all people. Pompeo called for nations to rededicate themselves to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights at a September 23 panel discussion on the sidelines of the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting. “We must ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: freedom of religion, Secretary Pompeo, United Nations
The
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ratified in 1948, for the first time articulated the rights and freedoms to which every person is entitled. Influenced by the core values at the heart of the U.S. Constitution, the UDHR affirmed “the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, Key Officials, News | Tags: civic equality, international cooperation, Secretary Pompeo, U.S. history, United Nations
MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE The Trump Administration has always understood that the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East comes from Islamic Republic of Iran, whose violent efforts to spread revolution have killed thousands and upended the lives of millions of innocent people. History shows appeasement only emboldens such regimes. Thus today, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 19 September, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Office of the Spokesperson, Sanctions, The Secretary of State, United Nations
In spite of its dismal record on human rights, Cuba’s government is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the 2021–2023 term. “It’s outrageous that the Human Rights Council would offer to seat Cuba, a brutal dictatorship that
traffics its own doctors under the guise of humanitarian missions,” Secretary of State Michael R.
Pompeo said on August ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 1 September, 2020 | Topics: History, Human Rights, News | Tags: civic equality, Cuba, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression, press freedom, United Nations
The U.S. is taking action against the Iranian regime’s weapons programs to stop it from spreading violence across the Middle East and beyond. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo recently announced new sanctions blocking trade with Iran in certain metals that support the regime’s weapons programs. The U.S. has also moved to extend the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 31 August, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: international security, Iran, Sanctions, Terrorism, United Nations
The U.S. is restoring U.N. sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran to ensure the regime cannot buy and sell advanced weapons systems or build a nuclear bomb. U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo announced the move at the United Nations on August 20 and called for international support in addressing the Iranian regime’s ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 August, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: Iran, Sanctions, Secretary Pompeo, United Nations
Several Middle East nations are pressing the U.N. Security Council to renew the arms embargo against Iran’s regime, saying that letting the restriction lapse would cause “anarchy.” Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Israel have all called for renewing the embargo that is scheduled to expire in October. The countries blame Iran’s leaders for arming terrorist and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 10 August, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: international security, Iran, Secretary Pompeo, United Nations
The United Nations arms embargo on Iran expires in October. If it is not extended, Iran can supply weapons that fuel conflicts such as those in Lebanon and Yemen. The weapons could be used to attack Israel or Saudi Arabia. Without the embargo, Iran can sell weapons around the world to dictators such as Nicolás ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 7 August, 2020 | Topics: News, Video | Tags: international cooperation, international security, Iran, United Nations
Pompeo urges U.N. to extend arms embargo on Iran’s regime (July 9) U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is urging the United Nations Security Council to extend an arms embargo against Iran, warning that the regime poses a continuing threat to international peace and security. Pompeo told a June 30 meeting of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 9 July, 2020 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: international cooperation, international security, Iran, Secretary Pompeo, United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations turns 75 (June 23) When
the Charter of the United Nations was signed on June 26, 1945, it set the stage for a post-World War II era dedicated to the resolution of international disputes by peaceful means. Fifty of the U.N.’s original 51 member countries signed the charter at the San Francisco Conference (Poland ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 23 June, 2020 | Topics: News | Tags: development assistance, international cooperation, international security, United Nations
Seized missiles show Iran’s regime flouting U.N. resolutions (February 24) A U.S. seizure of Iranian-made missiles headed to the Houthis in Yemen shows the Iranian regime continuing to sow violence and flout international rules. “Guided missiles and improvised explosive devices are not the tools of diplomacy,” U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told ...
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By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 24 February, 2020 | Topics: News, News from Washington | Tags: Iran, United Nations
