Secretary Remarks

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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Regions: Malawi

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy

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 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 Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Millennium Challenge Corporation Washington, DC November 27, 2012 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, all. Thank you. Well, it’s wonderful to be here and to have this opportunity to tell you in person how much I value the work that you do every day. I’m aware that it’s not only those of you in this room that are part of this event today, but also by video conference and those who are calling in from around the world. And my first and most imp...

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Regions: Cook Islands , El Salvador , Jordan , Korea, South , Mali , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

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

Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State National Institutes of Health's Masur Auditorium Bethesda November 8, 2011 Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. And it is, for me, a distinct personal pleasure to be back here at NIH, a set of institutions that I admire so much and which are so critically important not only to our own country and to the future of science here but indeed around the world. I want to begin by thanking Francis Collins for his leadership and for the work that he has don...

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Regions: Kenya , Malawi , Tanzania , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Combating Drugs and Crime, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Remarks to African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC October 29, 2001 [ audio ] SECRETARY POWELL: Well, thank you very much, Walter. And, once again, greetings to all of you. And it is a great pleasure to have you all here. I also want to thank Walter for the superb work that he has done in helping to pull this conference together, together with so many others who worked on it. I'm very pleased especially to have Jendaye Frasier here from the National Security Cou...

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Regions: China, Lesotho , South Africa , United Kingdom , United States

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

Remarks at the University of Witwatersrand Secretary Colin L. Powell Remarks to University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa May 25, 2001 SECRETARY POWELL: Thank you very much. Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start by saying that I am deeply honored to receive a copy of your bill of rights, modeled in the fashion of our Bill of Rights. Our Bill of Rights represented the first Ten Amendments to our Constitution, and the very first of those Amendments was the right of fre...

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Regions: Angola , Cuba , Ethiopia , Guinea , Iraq , Kuwait , Mali , Nigeria , Sierra Leone , South Africa , Sudan , United Kingdom , United States , Western Hemisphere, Zimbabwe

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation

Interview on ABC's 'This Week' Secretary Colin L. Powell Washington, DC February 4, 2001 Interview by Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts MS. ROBERTS : Welcome to the program. We have a very special program on store for you today. MR. DONALDSON : Absolutely. The Secretary of State Colin Powell in his first interview since taking office. Welcome, Mr. Secretary, nice to see you. SECRETARY POWELL : It's good to see you, Sam. Cokie, good to be here. MR. DONALDSON : Well, most of us have called you "General" all...

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Regions: China, Colombia , Ghana , Iraq , Israel , Mexico , Nigeria , Russia , Senegal , Taiwan , United Kingdom , United States

Topics: Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Combating Drugs and Crime, Energy, Global Health, Global Women's Issues, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements