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Category: Statement and Releases
Today, President Barack Obama hosted a Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping culminating a year-long effort to address critical gaps in peacekeeping missions, initiated by a leader level summit co-hosted last year by Vice President Biden. The United States recognizes the critical…
El Presidente habló por teléfono hoy con la Presidenta Bachelet de Chile sobre sobre temas bilaterales y económicos. El Presidente reiteró sus condolencias por la pérdida de vidas y destrucción causado por el terremoto del 16 de septiembre y le…
I am proud to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. Today we recommit ourselves to the basic principle affirmed there, namely that “[w]omen’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all…
“[C]ommunities that give their daughters the same opportunities as their sons, they are more peaceful, they are more prosperous, they develop faster, they are more likely to succeed.” President Barack Obama, July 25, 2015 Promoting gender equality and empowering women…
The President spoke by phone today with President Bachelet of Chile regarding bilateral and broader economic issues. The President reiterated his condolences for the loss of life and destruction caused by the September 16 earthquake and inquired about the status…
President Obama’s Commitment to Global Development Building on Over a Half Century of U.S. Leadership 2015 is a pivotal year for global development. World leaders gathered in New York today to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (“2030 Agenda”).…
WASHINGTON, DC — En su mensaje semanal, en el “Día Nacional para el Desecho de Medicamentos Recetados” el Presidente habló sobre la importancia de prevenir y tratar el abuso de drogas. Cada año, la sobredosis por medicamentos recetados le causa…
We are at a pivotal moment in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Globally, both new HIV infections and AIDS related deaths are down by more than 40 percent since their peak. This Administration has invested nearly $50 billion through the…
The United States congratulates the people of Burkina Faso for their success in defending Burkinabe democracy and reinstating the transitional government earlier this week. Burkinabe citizens again refused to accept infringement of their right to choose leaders in a legitimate…
