Home Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press on Release of the 2021 Congressional Report Pursuant to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. Press Briefing Room MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased that today Secretary Blinken is joining us to unveil the 2021 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Report. Secretary Blinken will have a statement. He’ll take a question or two before he has to depart. At that point, we’ll turn to Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Rob Faucher, who wil Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: China, Cuba , Haiti , United States Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report Launch Ceremony Antony J. 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Pompeo, Secretary of State The State Department has designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists. The Trump Administration has been focused from the start on denying the Castro regime the resources it uses to oppress its people at home, and countering its malign interference in Venezuela and the rest of the Western Hemisphere. With this action, we will once again h Roles: Everyone: All Users Regions: Cuba , Jersey , Mexico , United States , Venezuela , Virgin Islands , Western Hemisphere Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy Secretary Michael R. Pompeo at a Press Availability Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State Washington, D.C. 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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.
Press Briefing Room
MR PRICE: Good afternoon, everyone. I’m very pleased that today Secretary Blinken is joining us to unveil the 2021 Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act Report. Secretary Blinken will have a statement. He’ll take a question or two before he has to depart. At that point, we’ll turn to Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations Rob Faucher, who wil
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Regions: China, Cuba , Haiti , United States
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy
Dr. Kari Johnstone, Acting DirectorOffice to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Ben Franklin Room
MS JOHNSTONE: Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is Kari Johnstone. I am the acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Thank you all for joining us virtually to mark the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, or the TIP Report. I am grateful to be here with S
Regions: Albania , China, Japan , Kazakhstan , Mexico , Qatar , Spain , United Kingdom , United States
Topics: Climate and Environment, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
The State Department has designated Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists.
The Trump Administration has been focused from the start on denying the Castro regime the resources it uses to oppress its people at home, and countering its malign interference in Venezuela and the rest of the Western Hemisphere.
With this action, we will once again h
Regions: Cuba , Jersey , Mexico , United States , Venezuela , Virgin Islands , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Economic Prosperity and Trade Policy, Human Rights and Democracy
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Welcome. Today I want to discuss a theme that deserves far more attention, and that is that America is a force for good in the world.
Last week the World Food Programme was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger and improve conditions for peace around the world.
The WFP is run by Executive Director David Bea
Regions: Armenia , Australia , Azerbaijan , Bolivia , Canada , China, India , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Korea, North , Qatar , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Yemen
Topics: Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. Good to be with you all today. I want to start my remarks, as I often do, on matters relating to China.
As many of you saw, I met with Yang Jiechi last week in Hawaii.
We had a very frank discussion about the Chinese Communist Party’s unprovoked aggression on a number of fronts and I pressed him for more transparency on COVID for the good
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Belgium , Canada , Chad , China, Colombia , Cuba , Denmark , Egypt , Hong Kong , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Libya , Russia , Sri Lanka , Syria , Turkey , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela , West Bank , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Treaties and International Agreements
Washington, DC
SECRETARY POMPEO: Good morning, everyone. It’s great to be with you all today. I’m here one more time, proudly, to talk about freedom and free societies. And while America is not a perfect nation by any means, we always strive towards that more perfect union, trying to improve. We remain the greatest nation in the history of civilization.
One of the good things that we do in this adm
Regions: Albania , Burma , China, Denmark , France , Greenland , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Mali , Nigeria , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Sudan , Suriname , United Kingdom , United States , Uzbekistan , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Energy, Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance, Science, Technology, and Innovation, The Ocean and Polar Affairs
Regions: Afghanistan, Argentina, Cambodia , China, Egypt , Guatemala , India , Indonesia , Iran , Iraq , Kazakhstan , Lebanon , Syria , United Kingdom , United States , Venezuela , Western Hemisphere
Topics: Countering Terrorism, Coronavirus (COVID-19), Global Health, Human Rights and Democracy, Refugee and Humanitarian Assistance