Washington, DC Friday, September 26, 2014 As Prepared for Delivery Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Washington. I know many of you have traveled a long way to be here, a fact which underscores the importance of our purpose. I’m…
Archive: September 26, 2014
South Court Auditorium 11:51 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the White House. Thank you for being here. I want to welcome members of Congress, leaders from across my administration, and our friends and partners — leaders…
The United Nations New York, New York 10:43 A.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Welcome. And welcome to my co-hosts — the Secretary General, the President of Rwanda, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the Prime Minister of Japan, and the Prime…
We, the governments of Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Rwanda, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Uruguay, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam, reaffirm our…
44 countries announced over 100 new commitments to prevent, detect and respond to biological threats worldwide. President Obama and senior officials from around the world called on nations to act now to achieve enduring global health security capacity in West…
Vice President Biden met today at the United Nations with President Fuad Masum of Iraq. The Vice President reaffirmed the United States’ support for the people of Iraq and their new government in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq…
Via Conference Call 10:05 A.M. EDT MS. HAYDEN: Good morning, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us. We wanted to put this call together to give you an opportunity to hear a little bit about the preparations that we’ve been…
Today, Vice President Joe Biden co-hosted a summit meeting on peacekeeping with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. …
Vice President Joe Biden met today with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades. The two leaders agreed on the need to further strengthen the strategic partnership between the United States and Cyprus. Both leaders welcomed the appointment of UN Special Advisor Espen…
The United States applauds today’s adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of a resolution in support of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons. The second such resolution to be passed by the UN Human…
