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  • Farewell Remarks to Employees

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State C Street Lobby Washington, DC January 19, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. (Cheers.) Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) Thank you very much. That was – that silenced it pretty fast. (Laughter.) I am leaving here, obviously, with sadness. It’s bittersweet because you leave. But I actually am excited about the next chapter. And I have a feeling we’re all going to continue to cross paths, co...

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    Regions: China, Colombia , Cuba , France , Korea, North , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Interview With PBS's Charlie Rose

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC January 10, 2017 QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, this journey, this part of your life, is coming to an end. You’ve traveled more than any other secretary of state. You have spent considerable time and hours on a lot of issues, from China to Russia to – from Asia to Latin America. But principally, you spent a lot of time on Israel and Palestine and you spent a lot of time on the Iran nuclear deal and you’ve spent a lot of time on Syria and...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Egypt , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Russia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , West Bank

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cambridge, Massachusetts January 9, 2017 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much for a generous welcome to somebody who is about to become one of the most visibly unemployed people in America. (Laughter.) I am really thrilled to be here. Great, always, to be home, but it’s special to be here at MIT. And I want to begin by thanking Dean Schmittlein. Thank you very, very much. It&...

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    Regions: Antarctica, Brazil , Chile, China, India , New Zealand , Saudi Arabia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Exit Memo From Secretary Kerry to President Obama

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Cabinet Exit Memo Washington, DC January 5, 2017     Introduction When President Obama took office in 2009, the United States was engaged in two costly wars, faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and had a diminished standing with many of our allies and partners around the world. The starting point for this Presidency was one of the toughest I have ever seen in my decades of public service. Over the past eight years, President Ob...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Argentina, Canada , Chad , Chile, China, Cuba , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Italy , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , Thailand , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere, Yemen

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • International Day of Persons With Disabilities

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 3, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hello everyone. On behalf of the entire State Department, I am really pleased to join in recognizing the 25th annual International Day set aside to honor the one billion people around the world who have disabilities. Here in the United States, after many, many years of discrimination and delay, we have finally made substantial progress in ensuring that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their full rights. ...

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    Regions: Armenia , Georgia , Kenya , Peru , United States

    Topics: Energy, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Remarks at the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Parco dei Principi Hotel Rome, Italy December 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Via interpreter) Thank you very much, Paolo, and good evening. I would like to thank Foreign Minister Gentiloni, the president of the Italian Republic, the Instituto di Studi Internazionale for hosting this successful conference on the Mediterranean. (Inaudible) a special friendship. I am very grateful to you for the many courtesies that you have afforded me as Secretary of State, and it’s...

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    Regions: Antarctica, China, France , Iran , Iraq , Italy , Libya , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Marrakech, Morocco November 16, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much, everybody. I apologize for being a few moments late. There was a fire and then there was some traffic backed up, and so here I am and here are you, and thank you for being here. Let me begin by thanking our terrific U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing. I couldn’t be luckier than to have him in this job. He was over at the Energy Department for a while. We stole him fro...

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    Regions: Antarctica, Brazil , China, Fiji , France , Greenland , India , Morocco , New Zealand , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Press Availability With New Zealand Prime Minister John Key

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Premier House Wellington, New Zealand November 13, 2016 PRIME MINISTER KEY: Okay, good morning. So we had a great opportunity to welcome Secretary Kerry to New Zealand and to catch up with him after his brief but I’m sure important trip down to Antarctica. Let me just start by saying what we’ve been saying for a very long period of time, that the relationship with the United States is probably in the best shape it’s been for decades. I think a grea...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, Australia , China, Iraq , Nauru , New Zealand , Peru , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks Following Receipt of the Tipperary Peace Award

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Aherlow House Hotel Tipperary, Ireland October 30, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, Martin, thank – I’m really incredibly touched, moved, very, very grateful, and hope and pray that there is no way possible that the glen of Aherlow and its beauty will remain a secret anywhere. (Laughter.) Really, you are blessed here in so many ways – blessed by your people. I thank you for your eloquence, I thank you for the honor of this award, which I accept really o...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Germany , Iraq , Ireland , Japan , Korea, North , Libya , Nigeria , South Africa , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Hilton Chicago Hotel Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good evening, everybody. And thank you, very, very much to Ivo Daalder. Thank you, sir, Mr. Ambassador. And thanks to the Chicago Council for Global Affairs for inviting me here. And a profound thank you to Ambassador Lou Susman for his very generous introduction. And most importantly, Marge and Lou, thank you for many, many years of extraordinary friendship. I really value it. And I thin...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Iran , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Nigeria , Russia , Rwanda , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks With Students at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chicago, Illinois October 26, 2016 MODERATOR: It is an honor to welcome a Secretary of State to the University of Chicago. It is part of the mission of the Institute of Politics to facilitate these kinds of opportunities for you to interact with practitioners and leaders, and so we’re really pleased on that account. But I – our other mission is somewhat larger than that, which is: We live in a somewhat dispirited time in our politics. I don’t know ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, France , Georgia , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Japan , Korea, North , Lebanon , Nigeria , Philippines , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Somalia , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam , Yemen

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the Panel Discussion Following "Before the Flood" Screening

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Fisher Stevens, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Piers Sellers UN Headquarters New York City October 20, 2016 MR STEVENS: Thank you all for coming this evening. It’s quite an honor to screen in this incredible place. Thank you, Secretary-General, again. So you guys got to know these two gentlemen to my – these three gentlemen to my left at the film – during the film tonight: Piers Sellers, NASA-Goddard Space Institute; Secretary of State John Kerry, legend &...

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    Regions: Argentina, China, India , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • An Ambitious HFC Amendment to the Montreal Protocol

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC October 15, 2016 The world came together today in yet another milestone on the path toward a safer, more sustainable future. In Kigali, Rwanda, I was proud to help represent the United States as the nearly 200 Parties to the Montreal Protocol agreed to an amendment to phase down the use and production of potent greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). The Kigali Amendment we adopted could avoid up to half a degree Celsius of warmin...

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    Regions: United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Before Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC October 7, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Hey. Good – I mean, good morning. (Laughter.) My great pleasure to welcome Jean-Marc Ayrault to Washington, and I’m really very happy to have our French counterpart here with us. France, of course, the oldest alliance and relationship with the United States, and a great friend and partner in everything that we undertake, ranging from Iran nuclear agreements to Africa and unrest and terrorism, to...

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    Regions: France , Iran , Russia , Syria

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at The Atlantic and Aspen Institute

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Harman Center of Arts Washington, DC September 29, 2016 MR CLEMONS: Thank you. So let’s get to Syria stuff. I hear a rumor – I don’t know if it’s true – that Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov are huddled around a screen right now in one corner of the world watching us, and I hear Lindsey Graham and John McCain are near another. And so I’d like to ask you, what would you like to communicate to the world and to those parties about Sy...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Iran , Israel , Jordan , Russia , Rwanda , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks with BBC's Katty Kay at the UN Foundation Social Good Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State 92nd Street Y New York City, NY September 18, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: What a great welcome. Thank you all. How are you? Everybody good? That’s a lousy answer. How are you? (Applause.) Thank you. QUESTION: That was a rock star welcome. SECRETARY KERRY: You’re the rock star. Thank you. Happy to be here. I can’t see over this thing. QUESTION: I’m very lucky to spend the next 20 minutes asking Secretary Kerry questions about American leadership, an...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Colombia , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Norway , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at Georgetown University

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 16, 2016 MR HELLMAN: Hello. Thanks very much. Welcome, everyone. It’s wonderful to see such an enthusiastic crowd. Let me welcome Secretary Kerry, Adrian Grenier. Thank you for joining us today as part of the first ever Our Ocean, One Future Leadership Summit. We’ve got a limited time. I’ve got a pack of questions that you’ve already given me in advance, but I’d like to just get things started by asking the Secr...

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    Regions: Chile, China, Estonia , France , South Africa , Thailand , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks During Meet and Greet at Embassy Dhaka

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Embassy Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh August 29, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (In progress) blessed to have a terrific ambassador. She has fought against corruption in Senegal. She has been in so many difference places making a difference, India struggling at a time when we were doing the nuclear program and so forth. And when she said you are the best embassy in the world, everybody here knows she only tells the truth, right? (Laughter.) So, Marcia, thank you for what you do. T...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , China, India , Korea, North , Libya , Pakistan , Somalia , Syria , United Kingdom , Yemen

    Topics: Energy, Global Health

  • Remarks on Community Building and Countering Violent Extremism

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Sultan's Palace Sokoto, Nigeria August 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you so much. Thank you. Asalaam Alaikum . Thank you very much. Maryam, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Good morning to all of you – your Excellency Governor Tambuwal; your Excellency Governor Yari; your Eminence, Sultan, who was very, very kind to host us here today and whose leadership I particularly appreciate with respect to all of the interfaith efforts, which are so ...

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    Regions: Benin , Chad , France , Nigeria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Young African Leaders Initiative and Mandela Washington Fellows Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rosa Kempinski Hotel Nairobi, Kenya August 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you, Mshila. Thank you (inaudible). Thank you very, very much. What are these big boards on the back of the wall here? Can you explain those to me? Mshila? Who can explain that to me, these boards? PARTICIPANT: No microphone. (Laughter.) SECRETARY KERRY: No microphone? Powerful voice, though. PARTICIPANT: I can explain one of the boards. SECRETARY KERRY: One of the ...

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    Regions: Burundi , Kenya , Somalia , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Launch of the MissionOne Initiative

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington Passport Agency Washington, DC July 12, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you, Michele, very, very much. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Michele, thank you very, very much. Today is also an education for me. You have no idea how many times I drive by here. I had no idea – (laughter) – we had this brilliantly beautiful office over here in this building, so it’s – you’re broadening my horizons even today. I go...

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    Regions: China, Cyprus , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Opening of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Stanford University Memorial Auditorium Stanford, California June 23, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY:  Thank you so much.  You’re the best.  I love you.  You are terrific. Thank you so much.  Thank you.  (Cheers.)  Patricia, thank you.  Thank you so much.  Good morning, everybody.  Are you all energized?  (Cheers.)  I saw that video.  I thought I’d quit as Secretary and become an entrepreneur immedia...

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    Regions: United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at the United Nations International School Commencement Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State UN General Assembly Hall New York City June 2, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Thank you very, very much. I accept the nomination. (Laughter and applause.) What an absolutely extraordinary place to have a graduation, any graduation, but especially this one. Director Camblin, thank you for your very generous introduction. I’m glad you gave the short version. (Laughter.) And thank you, Mr. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson, an old friend and a terrific figh...

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    Regions: China, Dominican Republic , Iran , Nepal , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at Oxford Union

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Oxford, United Kingdom May 11, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Wow. I think I’m just going to stop right now. (Laughter.) Thank you for just an incredibly warm, tremendous welcome to this historic hall. It’s a great honor for me to be here. Bob, where’d you run off to? Where did he go? Thank you so much for your welcome. And Warden MacMillan, thank you very much. I appreciate it. (Inaudible) Baroness Cathy Ashton, my good friend, thank you so muc...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, China, Cuba , France , Guatemala , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Niger , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Rice University Houston, Texas April 26, 2016 MR LEEBRON: Good evening, and welcome to this wonderful venue at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. We are thrilled to be hosting such a remarkable event tonight and thankful to Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy for making it possible. We are very grateful to Secretary Kerry for choosing the Baker Institute for his address this evening, and we welcome him warmly to Rice University. ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Antarctica, China, France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , Mexico , Saudi Arabia , Syria , Tunisia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Remarks at the Global Connect Initiative Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 14, 2016 For a tech moment, that was an inauspicious beginning. (Laughter.) Cathy, thank you very, very much. Thank you all for being here. I think anybody who knows Cathy Novelli knows that she was quickly recognized by Steve Jobs, who hired her on the spot, as the shiniest apple on the tree – no pun. But he hired her, frankly, because it takes a visionary to know a visionary, and he knew immediately that she brought some special qualitie...

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    Regions: Kenya , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at the Miami Dade Honors Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Miami, FL April 14, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you. Wow, thank you so much. Thank you for a very, very generous welcome. Eric, thank you for an absolutely splendid, terrific introduction. I am enormously appreciative for it. And I have to tell you, the four of you were just absolutely spectacular. Congratulations to you. It’s just really wonderful. (Applause.) I was listening to Eric’s introduction and he told me beforehand in back here that he kind of ...

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    Regions: Colombia , Cuba , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Commemoration of the 22nd Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC April 7, 2016 We stand today with the people of Rwanda in paying tribute to the more than 800,000 men, women, and children who were savagely murdered in the Rwandan genocide twenty-two years ago. We grieve for those innocent lives lost, for the families and friends who will forever cherish them, and for the survivors who suffer as both victims and witnesses to one of the most unspeakable acts of evil of our lifetime. The United States remains ...

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    Regions: Rwanda , United States

  • Joint Press Availability With Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Manama, Bahrain April 7, 2016 FOREIGN MINISTER AL-KHALIFA: (In progress.) We discussed ways to further our military cooperation through mechanisms agreed at Camp David last year and the subsequent progress made by the U.S. and GCC working groups. We also discussed the importance of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, which is responsible for a considerable increase in bilateral trade in the past 10 years or so. We explored ways to in...

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    Regions: Bahrain , Iran , Saudi Arabia , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Grand Hyatt Hotel New York City April 5, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY:   Mike, thank you very, very much.  Thanks, more importantly, for your extraordinary leadership over the years.  I think everybody here knows that Mike Bloomberg has been a pioneer on so many different things, critical issues, and concepts – a great business person and entrepreneur of extraordinary capacity.  And he has proven his leadership qualities many times, both ...

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    Regions: Brazil , China, India , Jersey , United Arab Emirates , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 29, 2016 Good morning, everybody, and welcome. And Cathy, thank you so much for the spectacular job that you are doing. I can’t think of anybody better suited to work on the State Department’s top priorities, and Cathy is really offering extraordinary leadership, encouraging every embassy, every consulate, every bureau, every Foreign Service and civil service officer to integrate gender equality into our work. And I think she has bri...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Bangladesh , Belize , China, France , Guatemala , Malaysia , Mauritania , Morocco , Slovakia , Syria , United Kingdom

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The Kremlin Moscow, Russia March 24, 2016 MODERATOR: (Via interpreter) Distinguished colleagues, we are beginning the press conference of the ministers of foreign affairs here of the Russian Federation and the U.S. FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, today the State – the Secretary of State of the U.S. have had a day of negotiations in the Russian capital. First, we had a long meeting in the ministry of foreign affairs, and now, th...

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    Regions: Germany , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Korea, North , Liberia , Libya , Russia , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Energy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • Interview With Maria Celeste Arraras of Telemundo

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Hotel Nacional Havana, Cuba March 22, 2016 QUESTION: Good morning. SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, these attacks in Brussels are sending shockwaves across the world. What can you tell Americans this morning? Are we safe? SECRETARY KERRY: Well, we’re constantly vigilant. We work as hard as humanly possible to make everybody safe. Regrettably, if one person decides they want to kill themselves and they want to blow themselves up around ...

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    Regions: Colombia , Cuba , France , Germany , Iran , Iraq , South Africa , United States

    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Remarks at the World Economic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 22, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Klaus, thank you very, very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning to you. Klaus, first of all, thank you for your very warm, generous introduction. I especially want to thank you for your superb leadership of the World Economic Forum for many years. As you’ve said, it’s been my honor to come here. This may have been the hardest trip of all. I was looking up at the mountain, fresh snow, and I saw those b...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Chad , China, Cuba , France , India , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Korea, South , Libya , Niger , Nigeria , Norway , Somalia , Switzerland , Syria , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Roundtable with Journalists

    Interview John Kerry Secretary of State Davos, Switzerland January 21, 2016 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, listen, everybody. Greetings and thank you for your patience while we’re here, obviously. There’s a lot of bilateral diplomacy, trilateral even, that’s going on. I met this morning with Prime Minister Sharif and President Ghani and the Vice President. I also met one-on-one and otherwise with Prime Minister Netanyahu. And last night we met with President – the Vice President and I me...

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    Regions: Burundi , Cambodia , China, Colombia , France , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Korea, North , Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , Syria , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks on COP21 and Action Beyond Paris

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Le Bourget Paris, France December 9, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you, Todd, extraordinarily for those more than generous words. I really, really appreciate them. I might have loved it if you found a less menacing notion than a ballistic missile. (Laughter.) But I appreciate it. At least it gets the job done. Ambassador Hartley, really nice to have you here, and Gina McCarthy, who is the head of our Environmental Protection Agency, thank you very, very much for being...

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    Regions: Chile, China, France , India , Kenya , Korea, North , Libya , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks With Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Before Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State President's Residence Jerusalem November 24, 2015 PRESIDENT RIVLIN: Secretary Kerry, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to Jerusalem. You are here as a friend of Israel and as a leader of Israel’s greatest friend and the most important ally, the United States of America. We always say our friendship is one of shared values and shared (inaudible). But it is important to emphasize what this means. It means our countries (inaudible) in a mirror and see the othe...

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    Regions: Israel , Mali , United States

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the Opening Session of the Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC October 20, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Drew, thank you very, very much. Good morning everybody. Welcome to the State Department. And Drew, thanks so much for not just great leadership, but for years of friendship. Drew was really the surrogate senator for the state of Massachusetts for a period of time. He was my director up there in the state and did an absolutely magnificent job. John, Jeremy, Andrea, thank you so much for being ...

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    Regions: Canada , China, Germany , Spain , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks at Indiana University's School of Global and International Studies

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Bloomington, Indiana October 15, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY:   Thank you very much.  I accept the nomination.  (Laughter.)  You have twice welcomed me by standing up, and I am deeply appreciative.  I will caution you all to remind you that Winston Churchill once said that the only reason people give a standing ovation is they desperately need an excuse to shift their underwear.  (Laughter.)  I know you had a much more noble concept in mi...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Canada , China, Colombia , Cuba , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Kuwait , Russia , Saudi Arabia , South Africa , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

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  • Conversation With Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Professor Graham Allison

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Charles Hotel Cambridge, Massachusetts October 13, 2015 MR ALLISON: So thank you very much. Apologies for a short delay, but it’s a great honor to welcome to Harvard tonight our Secretary of State, and I’m Graham Allison, the Director of the Belfer Center. I would say we have not seen the Secretary of State exhibit such energy and determination in bringing home an agreement like the Iranian nuclear agreement. So the real purpose for me tonight is to, wit...

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  • Remarks at the 2015 Global Diaspora Week Launch Event "Partnering for Global Impact"

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Loy Henderson Auditorium Washington, DC October 9, 2015 Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. I apologize for being a little bit late, and if this is indeed the moment you’ve all been waiting for, you’re leading very drab lives. (Laughter.) I’m really happy to be here with all of you. Thank you very much. Welcome to the launch of the Global Diaspora Week here at the State Department. We’re very proud of this effort and it...

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  • Remarks at the Action Ministerial on Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Emergencies

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palace Hotel New York City October 1, 2015 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you all very, very much. I’m shying away from sports analogies after my – breaking my leg. I don’t think I can – I have to earn my respect back. (Laughter.) Thank you all for coming; particularly grateful, as Anne said, this is sort of the end of a whirlwind few days. I’m still here tomorrow and will be goin...

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  • South Sudan's Leaders Need To Set Aside Their Dispute

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Susan E. Rice, National Security Advisor The Washington Post December 15, 2014 In 2011, the world’s newest nation was born amid joyous celebrations. The international community welcomed South Sudan not just with cheers but also with promises of help. The hope and promise of that day are now at grave risk of being squandered if the nation’s leaders don’t at long last provide leadership. Violence that erupted in the capital city of Juba last December s...

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  • Human Rights Day 2014

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 10, 2014 Delegates from around the world came together 66 years ago amid the rubble of World War II to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, articulating fundamental civil and political rights of all people, and reminding each of us of our responsibility to respect those rights. This past September, I was reminded of the power and enduring relevance of the Universal Declaration when I stood at the United Nations with Shin Do...

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  • Clear Land Mines Off the Earth

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State USA Today December 8, 2014 Earlier this year, a 10-year-old boy was collecting scrap metal in Bosnia when he stepped on a land mine, which killed him instantly. The mine was planted during a war of which the boy had no memory. Days later, a man met a similar fate only a few miles away. He had left home to gather firewood. Land mines and other unexploded ordnance continue to endanger civilians in more than 60 countries . Decades after soldiers have laid down their weap...

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  • Remarks at the To Walk the Earth in Safety Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC December 8, 2014 Puneet, thank you very, very much.  That’s a lot of years you and I have been journeying together.  And as Puneet said, I did get to know him pretty well when he worked on the Hill for then-Senator Joe Biden and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and I’m really pleased he’s over here now.  Puneet has never shied away from taking on the tough issues we were just talking about – Iran, which he...

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  • Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC December 7, 2014 Well, I could tell by the number of people who were dancing at your tables and by Jessye Norman’s and Herbie Hancock’s smile, that was pretty good. It was all right. (Laughter.) Anyway, they were great. (Applause.) I was waiting for “Anchors Aweigh” as they went out though; we didn’t get it. (Laughter.) Good evening and welcome, everybody, to the State Department. We are really privile...

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  • Remarks at a World AIDS Day Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Eisenhower Executive Office Building Washington, DC December 1, 2014 Susan, thank you.  Thank you for a wonderfully generous introduction and thank you most importantly for your extremely important comments this morning.  And I was really sitting there thinking, as I was listening to you, the thought was occurring to me as we think of the challenges that we face in today’s world, and you were talking about both the moral compulsion of doing this as w...

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  • Remarks on the U.S. Response to Ebola for Members of the Diplomatic Corps

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC October 17, 2014 Thank you, Nancy. Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for being here, and thank you, Ambassador Powell, for all you’re doing to lead on this effort. I know that there’s no shortage of demands on all of your time, so we really do appreciate and I know President Obama appreciates your coming in here this morning for this very important briefing. And I’m particularly grateful to Nancy Pow...

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  • Remarks at Global Health Security Agenda Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of the Treasury Washington, DC September 26, 2014 Sylvia, thank you very much. I couldn’t hear a word out there so I was entirely presumptuous and said, “That must be me.” (Laughter.) Thank you. I’m delighted to be here with all of you and appreciate Sylvia’s leadership on this and I think she summed it up best the other day when she said that there isn’t a Democrat way or a Republican way to solve Ebola. And obviously,...

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  • Remarks at UNAIDS

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State UN Headquarters New York City September 25, 2014 Well, thank you very much. Thank you for a generous introduction. Mr. Deputy Secretary General, thank you for your leadership and thank you for your important words here today. And thank you to the many activists out here, those of you who are championing this effort on the frontlines. We certainly welcome Victoria Beckham. Thank you for taking this on. And I want to note that my old friend and our leader, Eric Goosby...

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  • Remarks at the 2014 Frontiers in Development Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ronald Reagan Building Washington, DC September 19, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: (Applause.) Thank you very much. Eliot, thank you very, very much. I accept the nomination. (Laughter.) It’s wonderful to be here. I give you a lot of credit, Eliot. As someone who represents New York’s 16th District, as someone from the Bronx, thank you very much for not mentioning that the Boston Red Sox are 26 games out of first place. (Laughter.) As I had the privilege of servi...

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  • Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters Washington, DC September 8, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Anne, thank you. Thanks so much for that terrific introduction. Most importantly, thank you very, very much. You are a spectacular, powerful, wonderfully dedicated, and extraordinarily – I’m lucky to have an extraordinary advocate like you as a cohort in this endeavor. Ladies and gentlemen, she does a spectacular job as (inaudible). (Applause.) I am especially pleased ...

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  • U.S. Vision for Asia-Pacific Engagement

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State East-West Center Honolulu, Hawaii August 13, 2014 MR. MORRISON: Well, thank you. Aloha. I want to welcome everyone. And for our online audience, and also for the Secretary, I’d like to describe who is here in our audience. We have the mayor of Honolulu, Mayor Caldwell. We have our senator, Mazie Hirono. We have our former governor, George Ariyoshi, and our other former governor, John Waihee. We have many members of the business and intellectual and public affa...

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  • Remarks With IGAD Leaders After Their Meeting

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Treaty Room Washington, DC August 5, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. It’s my pleasure to be here with the IGAD leaders: the presidents of Kenya, of Uganda, and Djibouti; and the prime minister of Ethiopia, who is the chair of this effort. And we just met with respect to the situation in South Sudan, and there is a unanimous agreement that this war must end and must end now. These leaders will go back to their region and meet in Addis Ababa very, ver...

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  • Remarks at a Working Session on Resilience and Food Security in a Changing Climate

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State National Academy of Sciences Washington, DC August 4, 2014 Thank you very, very much. My apologies that we are beginning just a couple of minutes late, and we’re delighted to welcome everybody here. Let me just say at the outset I had the chance to speak here earlier today on civil society, but I want to reemphasize the degree to which President Obama and the whole Administration are genuinely very excited about these several days. This summit has been long in...

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  • Remarks at the Presidential Summit of the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, DC July 28, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Wow. What a great group. Thank you. Please, sit down. Sit down, sit down. Thank you. It is so good to see you all. Welcome. You having fun? AUDIENCE: Yes. SECRETARY KERRY: I’m glad to hear it. It’s just beginning. And the President’s going to get a chance to speak with everybody before long. That’ll be great. We look forward to it. I can’t tell you – I’m reall...

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  • Threat of Famine Looms in South Sudan

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 25, 2014 South Sudan now faces the worst food security crisis in the world. Violence has forced over 1.5 million people from their homes since mid-December, while more than 50,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying from malnutrition this year. This is not a crisis caused by drought or flood: it is a calamity created by conflict. Unless the fighting ends and a peace agreement is concluded, the number of those at risk of st...

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  • State Department Nominees

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 10, 2014 Tonight I landed in Kabul where the United States is working intensely to help address an election crisis. I came here from Beijing after days of meetings on one of the world’s most important strategic relationships in the world’s most dynamic region. I am reminded every day as Secretary that the world demands our engagement more than ever before. But we can’t lead if we are not present. That’s why I want ...

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  • Remarks at Combating Wildlife Trafficking Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Beijing, China July 9, 2014 ADMINISTRATOR ZHAO: (Via translator) Vice Premier Liu Yandong, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, Secretary John Kerry, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, we are very glad to have with you here on this U.S.-China event combating wildlife trafficking, which is aimed at raising the awareness of the international community and the general public to participate in and to support the fight against illegal wildlife...

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  • Malawi's National Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC July 3, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I congratulate the people of Malawi as they celebrate a half century of independence on July 6. This year also marks 20 years of multiparty democracy in Malawi. The recent elections served as an example of a peaceful change of government for the entire region. Malawians spoke from the ballot box and stood for the rule of law. On this day of celebration, all Malawians should be ...

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  • Rwanda National Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 30, 2014 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of Rwanda on the 52nd anniversary of your independence on July 1. Rwanda and its neighbors are turning adversity into prosperity, and I commend all Rwandans for their commitment to a brighter and more hopeful future. Over the last 20 years, Rwanda has emerged as a regional leader, borne by a deep commitment to streng...

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  • Commemorating World Refugee Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 20, 2014 World Refugee Day is more than a moment marked on a calendar. It is a time to honor the strength and resilience of refugees around the world and renew our determination to support them as they rebuild their lives and communities. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees now counts the number of refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons at 51 million. That number is staggering by any measure. It represent...

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  • Remarks at the World Food Prize Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 18, 2014 Ken, thank you very, very much for reminding me of the years that have passed. (Laughter.) And first, let me begin with a profound apology to everybody here. I don’t make it a practice to run over your schedules; unfortunately the world is not cooperating with mine today. (Laughter.) So I was not able to get down here in time, and I’m going from here upstairs for the unveiling of former Secretary Condo...

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  • Opening the Next Steps Panel of Our Ocean Conference

    Remarks John Kerry    Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli    Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment  Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 17, 2014 Moderator:  Under Secretary Catherine Novelli Guest Speakers:  Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr., President, Republic of Palau Heraldo Munoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile Borge Brende, Foreign Minister, Norway Robert Dussey, Foreign Minister, Togo Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing D...

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  • Welcoming Remarks at Our Ocean Conference

    Remarks John Kerry    Secretary of State Catherine A. Novelli    Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment  Loy Henderson Conference Room Washington, DC June 16, 2014 ANNOUNCER: "Our Ocean" Conference hosted by the U.S. Department of State. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Secretary of State of the United States of America, the President of the Republic of Kiribati and the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environm...

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  • Remarks at The Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State ExCeL Conference Center London, United Kingdom June 13, 2014 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. William, thank you very, very much. Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests all, and particularly my colleagues in government, I know that we all share – I must say I’ve been listening for a little while and able to watch a few of the videos and hear a few of the comments. And before I came in here, William shared with me some of the extraordinary events...

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  • Remarks for 2014 PEPFAR Annual Meeting in Durban, South Africa

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC June 3, 2014 Good morning. Ambassador Gaspard, Patrick, thank you so much for your generous comments. We miss you here in Washington but send you our best regards and sincere thanks for all of the great work you are doing in South Africa. I also want to thank our new Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Deborah Birx. Deb has hit the ground running and I don’t think she is going to stop folks. She may be the only person in government with more fre...

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  • Remarks at the Transformational Trends Strategic Forum

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC December 11, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you, David, very, very much. Thank you, Foreign Policy Magazine. And thank you, all of you, for not singing. I really appreciate it. (Laughter.) The – I understand that you’ve had a terrific session today talking about transformational trends with a lot of speakers. I guess Danny Russel was just here, who’s doing a superb job on Asia. And I have just come from the Hill...

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  • Remarks at President Obama's World AIDS Day Event

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State The White House Washington, DC December 2, 2013 Gayle, thank you very, very much. Thanks for your tremendous leadership and your collaboration in this effort, and to all of our distinguished colleagues in the Obama Administration and distinguished guests here, all of whom the President – most of whom, many of whom the President named – we’re grateful to you for being here and being part of this. And I thank the President for convening this really r...

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  • Remarks at the Partnership Symposium of The Global Fund's Fourth Replenishment Conference

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Willard Hotel Washington, DC December 2, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Dr. Mboi, thank you very, very much for a very generous introduction. Thank you for your leadership, and thank you for traveling from so far to be here. And I know you haven’t adjusted yet. I asked her if she’d adjusted to the time difference, and she didn’t even answer, she was so stunned. (Laughter.) It’s a pleasure to be here with so many leaders...

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  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

    Testimony John Kerry Secretary of State Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington, DC November 21, 2013 Well, thank you. Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Corker and members of the committee, thanks very, very much for welcoming me here to talk about the Disabilities Treaty, which I’m very anxious to do. I’m mindful of the comments of the Ranking Member just now. I’d just start off by saying we are 100 percent prepared, as we have been, to work through wh...

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  • Remarks at the Overseas Security Advisory Council's 28th Annual Briefing

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC November 20, 2013 Greg, thank you very much. Wow. Can’t we find seats for you folks? I feel badly. (Laughter.) But thank you for being here in such numbers. I’m very, very pleased to be able to share a few thoughts with all of you, and I’m particularly glad to be here to emphasize this enormous agenda that we have and that we share together, which Greg Starr heads up for us here at the Department. He’s, ...

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  • The Crush on Wildlife

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State The Huffington Post November 14, 2013 Today, in Denver, the Department of the Interior is destroying the United States' entire stock of confiscated contraband ivory -- totaling nearly six tons. With this action, the United States is sending a simple but powerful message to the sadistic poachers who kill elephants and other animals, and to all the traffickers who transport illicit cargo and the consumers who purchase these illicit goods: "You cannot and must n...

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  • Remarks to Open Government Partnership Annual Summit

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Via Teleconference Washington, DC October 31, 2013 MODERATOR: Wonderful. Thank you very much. I’m delighted to say that we are now joined by the Honorable John F. Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, in a live link to Washington. It’s good to have you, Secretary of State. How are you? SECRETARY KERRY: I’m fine, thank you. I’m glad to be with you. MODERATOR: Thank you very much. We were just beginning with William Hague talking about the commit...

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  • Remarks to the Participants of the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Department of State Washington, DC October 30, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning, everybody. How you all doing? Good? Nice to be with you. Welcome. We’re really, really happy to have you here at the State Department and we’re delighted that you are taking part in this really critical program – historic program in many ways – the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. I’m very grateful to our Assistant Secretary Evan Ryan for h...

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  • Botswana National Day

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 29, 2013 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I offer warm wishes to the people of Botswana on the 47th anniversary of your independence on September 30. Our close friendship and partnership is grounded in shared values and aspirations for a more peaceful, stable and prosperous world. I am especially proud of our partnership in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This is a deeply personal issue for me. During my ...

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  • Remarks at the Global Counterterrorism Forum Ministerial

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu New York City September 27, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Well, good morning. Thank you all very, very much for joining us here at this counterterrorism forum. We’re very grateful to all of you for taking time. I’m delighted to welcome you to New York for the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum. And before we begin, I just want to say a couple of words about the recent attacks in Nairobi and Pe...

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  • Remarks at the Friends of the Syrian People Ministerial

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State New York City September 26, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: (In progress) We’re deeply grateful, all of us, for your having played a critical role – the critical role in inviting us here, in bringing us here. And I’m very pleased that President Jarba of the Syrian Opposition Council is here with us in New York. I think it’s very fitting that President Jarba was raised in Al-Hasakah, because that’s a part of Syria where Arabs, Kurds, the Syri...

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  • Remarks at a High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on Disability and Development

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Nations New York City September 23, 2013 Good morning. And it’s a great pleasure for me to be able to be here with all of you, an honor to be here for my first high-level meeting at the United Nations General Assembly as Secretary of State. Before we begin, I want to just reiterate that we are monitoring very closely and with great concern the situation in Kenya. Ruthless and valueless terrorists remain a serious challenge everywhere in the world, as we...

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  • Terrorist Attack at Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC September 21, 2013 Today's terrorist massacre of so many innocents is a heartbreaking reminder that there exists unspeakable evil in our world which can destroy life in a senseless instant. I want to express my deepest condolences - and the condolences of our entire nation - to the families and friends of the victims in Nairobi today. While the casualty count is still to be determined, we know already that there are at least 30 innocent me...

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  • Remarks With United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Hague

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office London, United Kingdom September 9, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. FOREIGN SECRETARY HAGUE: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a great pleasure to host my great friend and colleague, John Kerry, here in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office once again. Of course, we have spent most of our time discussing the crisis in Syria. But I want to begin by paying tribute to Secretar...

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  • Remarks With Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Muhammad al-Atiyah

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Chief of Mission Residence Paris, France September 8, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for your patience. I want to start by thanking the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil Elaraby. And I particularly want to thank my friend, the Foreign Minister of Qatar, Khalid al-Atiyah. And I want to thank all of the other Arab ministers who came to Paris and joined us today for the first follow-on discussions since the negotiations b...

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  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at Joint Press Availability

    Press Availability John Kerry Secretary of State Quai d'Orsay, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paris, France September 7, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (Via interpreter) -- Kerry. I would like to commend both your energy and your ability to convince as well as your very reliable judgment or point of view. Together with the Secretary of State we discussed a number of topics, including, of course, Israel and Palestine and as well Syria, of course. Let me start with a few comments. What we’ve been seeing...

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    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Treaties and International Agreements

  • World Humanitarian Day 2013

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC August 19, 2013 This is an important day for all of us to pause and join with our colleagues in honoring the committed staff who work to save the lives of others, often at great risk to their own. World Humanitarian Day is a commemoration of their sacrifice and a sober reminder that our work is far from done. My family is a Foreign Service family. We saw what my Dad committed his life to doing in dangerous places and we saw what my mother did ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Algeria , Somalia , Sudan , Syria , United States

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  • Remarks at the United Nations Security Council Ministerial on the Great Lakes

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State United Nations New York City July 25, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: The 7,011 th meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is: “The Situation in the Great Lakes Region: Supporting the Great Lakes Framework.” Without objection, the agenda is adopted and it’s my pleasure to warmly welcome the distinguished Secretary-General, the ministers, and the...

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    Regions: Mali , Uganda , United Kingdom , United States , West Bank

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Our Disabled Deserve Access Abroad

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State USA Today Washington, DC July 21, 2013  U.S. must ratify global treaty that gives the handicapped the same rights they have at home. Last year I met Dan Berschinski, a retired U.S. Armycaptain, Afghanistan War veteran and a double amputee. Eight months after he was severely wounded, he visited South Africa to watch theWorld Cup. Most fans were sizing up the teams, but Dan was sizing up other questions: Would his wheelchair fit through the hotel doorway? Would the...

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  • Remarks at the World Food Prize Laureate Announcement Ceremony

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC June 19, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. SECRETARY KERRY: Ken – excuse me – thank you very, very much. Welcome everybody to the Franklin Room, to the State Department, and to this wonderful celebration of creativity, commitment, audacity, all at the same time. And I’m particularly grateful to be introduced by Ken Quinn. I was sitting there thinking, listening to Ken, General ...

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    Topics: Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Global Health, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) 10th Anniversary Celebration

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC June 18, 2013 The video is also available with closed captioning on YouTube. Thank you very, very much everybody. What a pleasure to be here. This is a really great celebration. This is special. And if anybody here – I know you’re here because you are touched by it – but what a wonderful thing to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of this remarkable intervention that represents the best of the human spirit, and...

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    Regions: Namibia , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at Youth Connect: Addis Ababa Featured by BBC's Hardtalk

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State University of Addis Ababa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 26, 2013 MS. BADWI: Hello. I am Zenab Badwi. Welcome to this Hardtalk Special, coming to you from the University of Addis Ababa with the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry. As the African Union celebrates 50 years, many are hoping that this golden jubilee will mark a new golden era for Africa. We have invited an audience of young Africans to put their questions on U.S. foreign policy to John Kerry, and we also hav...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Brazil , China, Egypt , Ethiopia , France , Iran , Israel , Mali , Russia , Senegal , South Africa , Syria , Tanzania , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen

    Topics: Countering Terrorism, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks at the African Union 50th Anniversary Summit Leaders Dinner

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Addis Ababa, Ethiopia May 25, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. Good evening, everybody. The last thing anybody needs is a long speech after a long (inaudible) middle of dinner. So let me just say very, very quickly I want to thank (inaudible) Dlamini Zuma. I thank her for her stewardship (inaudible) and Prime Minister Hailemariam for his welcome here and for his leadership of the African Union. Let me just say (inaudible) that without exaggeration, the leg...

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    Regions: Ethiopia , Kenya , Liberia , Senegal , Sudan , United States

    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

  • Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State White House Washington, DC May 17, 2013 The video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . MS. JARRETT: Good morning, everyone. I’m Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls. I’d like to welcome you all to the White House. This is the second time that we have held the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the White House, and in ...

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    Regions: Afghanistan, Burma , Cameroon , Haiti , Iraq , Jersey , Mexico , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Meeting With Tomodachi Youth

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Chief of Mission Residence Tokyo, Japan April 14, 2013 SECRETARY KERRY: Good morning. Wonderful to be with you all. Hi. How are you? What’s your name? PARTICIPANT: (In Japanese.) SECRETARY KERRY: I’m happy to meet you. Hi. PARTICIPANT: Hi. I’m (inaudible). SECRETARY KERRY: How are you? (Inaudible.) How are you? Welcome. Nice to see you. How are you? PARTICIPANT: Hi. SECRETARY KERRY: How do you do? How are you? Konichiwa. (Laughter.) How are you. Ni...

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    Regions: Egypt , Japan , United Kingdom , United States , Vietnam

    Topics: Climate and Environment, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

  • Remarks With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Ciragan Palace Istanbul, Turkey April 7, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . FOREIGN MINISTER DAVUTOGLU: I will speak in Turkish. (Via interpreter) Distinguished members of the press, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, is once again with us, while second time in a row in a period of a month, and it gives me great pleasure and an honor to be (inaudible) again. And I would like to welcome him once again, along with his (inaudibl...

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  • More Work to Bring War Criminals to Justice

    Op-Ed John Kerry Secretary of State Huffington Post April 3, 2013 Imagine for a moment that you are a child growing up in central Africa. Instead of sleeping at home with your family each night, you take shelter with dozens of other children. You hope you'll find safety in numbers. You pray that you will not be pulled out of your bed and abducted in the night by an armed militia -- conscripted into a life of violence, forced to brutalize your own family members, used as a sex slave, condemned to a l...

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  • U.S. Responds to Humanitarian Needs in the Sahel

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 25, 2013 I am pleased to announce that the United States is providing an additional $51 million in humanitarian assistance to the people of the Sahel region. The Sahel is one of the poorest regions of the world, and is experiencing a complex crisis of drought, flooding, failed harvests, and disrupted livelihoods, all of which are exacerbated by the conflict in Mali. Our support is addressing food insecurity across the entire Sahel region...

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    Regions: Mali , Mauritania , United Kingdom , United States

    Topics: Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Bosco Ntaganda's Expected Surrender to the International Criminal Court

    Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 22, 2013 The United States welcomes the removal of one of the most notorious and brutal rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, from Rwanda to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. This is an important moment for all who believe in justice and accountability. For nearly seven years, Ntaganda was a fugitive from justice, evading accountability for alleged violations of international humanitarian law and ma...

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  • Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Dean Acheson Auditorium Washington, DC March 8, 2013 The video below is available with closed captioning on YouTube . UNDER SECRETARY SHERMAN: Good afternoon, Mrs. Obama, Secretary Kerry, Mrs. Heinz Kerry, Secretary Sebelius, Congresswoman Edwards, Minister Collins of Australia, all of Your Excellencies with us today, distinguished guests, welcome to the U.S. Department of State for the Seventh Annual Celebration of the Secretary of State’s International Women...

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    Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, The Ocean and Polar Affairs

  • Remarks With French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

    Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Foreign Ministry Paris, France February 27, 2013 FOREIGN MINISTER FABIUS: (In French - Via interpreter) Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Thank you for being here. Together with John Kerry, we will be saying a few words, and then if you so wish we are available for the press’s questions. It gives me great pleasure to host Secretary of State John Kerry on the occasion of his first visit to Europe. It is an honor as well as a pleasure to have among...

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    Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Climate and Environment, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance

  • Address at the University of Virginia

    Address John Kerry Secretary of State University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA February 20, 2013 Video is available with closed captioning on YouTube . Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for an extraordinarily warm welcome, Charlottesville. I am really honored to be here. Senator Tim Kaine, thank you very, very much for your generous words of introduction. Tim, as he mentioned, has only been on the Foreign Relations Committee, I guess now for a total of a few week...

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