Remarks by Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor at European Parliament Public Hearing on the Rights of LGBTI People Outside the EU and Implementation of the EU September 25, 2017 It is real pleasure to be here today to represent the United States. Thank you to the European Parliament and its ...
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By USEU Mission | 26 September, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, News
| Tags: LGBTI
Readout, Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC, May 10, 2017 (Image AP) The below is attributable to Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Tillerson met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today in Washington for more than an hour to discuss a range of issues including Ukraine, Syria, and bilateral concerns. The Secretary and Foreign Minister discussed the importance of defeating ISIS, de-escalating the violence in ...
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By USEU Mission | 11 May, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Minsk agreement
Press Statement, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, Washington DC, May 9, 2017 In honor of Europe Day, I join all Americans in offering our best wishes to the citizens of the European Union. The United States and the European Union have a strong and enduring partnership based on our shared democratic values, strong economic ties, and mutual commitment to addressing global challenges. The United States deeply appreciates ...
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By USEU Mission | 9 May, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Europe Day, extremism, Human Rights, peace, prosperity
Press Release, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, Washington, DC, May 3, 2017
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/05/270607.htm Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we reaffirm our commitment to promoting the fundamental principles of a free press around the world. We honor those men and women who work tirelessly, often at great personal risk, to tell the stories we would not otherwise hear. ...
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By USEU Mission | 3 May, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: democratic values, journalists, media, World Press Freedom Day
Press Statement, Secretary of State, Rex W. Tillerson, Washington, DC, April 24, 2017 (Image AP)
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/270416.htm Today on Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising – we honor the six million Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. We also remember all individuals targeted for persecution and death by the ...
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By USEU Mission | 24 April, 2017 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, History, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Chiune Sugihara, Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance day, Leo Melamed, Rex Tillerson, Warsaw Ghetto uprising., Yom HaShoah
Press Statement, Mark C. Toner , Acting Spokesperson, Washington, DC, April 23, 2017 (Image AP)
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2017/04/270397.htm The United States is shocked and deeply saddened by the death of a U.S. citizen serving as a paramedic with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM), when his vehicle struck an explosive in separatist controlled territory in eastern ...
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By USEU Mission | 23 April, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, News, Press Releases
| Tags: ceasefire, Donbas, OSCE, Press release, Russia, separatists, Special Monitoring Mission, Ukraine
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/270341.htm Press Availability, Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, Treaty Room, Washington, DC, April 19, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: Good afternoon, all. The Trump administration is currently conducting across the entire government a review of our Iran policy. Today I’d like to address Iran’s alarming and ongoing provocations that export terror and violence, destabilizing more than one country at ...
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By USEU Mission | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, East Asia & Pacific, Economic Issues, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Press Releases, Regions, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches
| Tags: Countering Violent Extremism, International security, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, nuclear non-proliferation, Press conference, Secretary TIllerson, Syria, Venezuela
https://useu.usmission.gov/wp-admin/post-new.php (Image AP) Notice to the Press, Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC, April 19, 2017 Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom HaShoah in Hebrew – marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year, Yom HaShoah will be observed in the United States on April 24, which corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. ...
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By USEU Mission | 19 April, 2017 | Topics:
Featured Event, History, Human Rights, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Cellin Gluck, Department of State, Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance day, Melamed, Sugihara, Yom HaShoah
Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, Moscow, Russia, April 12, 2017 (Image AP)
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/270136.htm FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV: (Via interpreter) Good evening. This has been a long day. We have had talks with State Secretary of the U.S. Rex Tillerson. Right now, we have had a long conversation with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. It has lasted ...
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By USEU Mission | 12 April, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches
| Tags: Chemical Attack, Lavrov, Moscow, North Korea, Rex Tillerson, Syria, Tillerson, U.S.-Russia relations
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/04/269632.htm QUESTION: We want to welcome Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to the broadcast. Mr. Secretary, thank you for being with us. As a start, what message was being sent to the Syrian leader with the U.S. military action? SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, John, I think that the President was quite clear in his statement that he ...
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By USEU Mission | 11 April, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Chemical Attack, Raqqa, Russia, Syria, Tillerson
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/ QUESTION: So what will President Trump do now? Will Thursday’s strike be followed by a new strategy to remove Assad from power? That was my first question for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in his first interview on This Week. SECRETARY TILLERSON: Well, George, I think our strategy in Syria, as you know, our priority, ...
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By USEU Mission | 9 April, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson
| Tags: ABC, al-Assad, Chemical attach, George Stephanopoulos, interview, Russia, Secretary of State, Syria, This Week, Tillerson
Press Releases: Under Secretary Thomas A. Shannon Travel to Brussels and Rome Office of the Spokesperson, Washington D.C., April 4, 2017 Ambassador
Thomas A. Shannon , Under Secretary for Political Affairs, will travel to Brussels on April 5 to participate in the conference “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region.” The Conference is co-chaired by the European Union, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations. ...
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By USEU Mission | 4 April, 2017 | Topics:
Events, Human Rights, Key Officials, News, Political Affairs, Press Releases, U.S. & EU, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Brussels, counterterrorism, Libya, NATO Defense College, Press release, Rome, Syria, Thomas Shannon, transatlantic relationship, U.S. - EU cooperation, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Vatican
Ankara, Turkey, March 30, 2017 SECRETARY TILLERSON: (In progress) Minister Cavusoglu, and I am privileged to be visiting Turkey today, a NATO ally and a friend of the United States in a very turbulent part of the world. I met with President Erdogan and the foreign minister to convey President Trump’s commitment to strengthening ...
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By USEU Mission | 30 March, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Press Releases, Secretary Rex Tillerson, Speeches, Trade
| Tags: Cavusoglu, Countering Violent Extremism, Daesh, economic cooperation, Erdogan, humanitarian relief, ISIS, NATO, PKK, Syria, Tillerson, Trade, Turkey
Press Releases: International Women’s Day Mark C. Toner , Acting Spokesperson, March 8, 2017 On International Women’s Day, we reflect on the critical contributions women make in every sector of society and we recommit ourselves to addressing the discrimination and barriers that women face around the world. We have seen firsthand the benefits of women’s empowerment—politically, economically, and socially. ...
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By USEU Mission | 9 March, 2017 | Topics:
Gender Issues, Human Rights, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Acting Spokesman, discrimination, empowerment, gender, gender equality, International Women of Courage Award, International Women's Day, Mark Toner
European Policy Center, September 26, 2016 Speech delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony L. Gardner “The State of Transatlantic Relations” When I told my son, then aged 13, that I had been appointed US Ambassador to the European Union, he looked at me, his eyes wide with disbelief and said “You?” I thought ...
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By USEU Mission | 26 September, 2016 | Topics:
Defense, Economic Affairs, Environment, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Speeches, Trade, TTIP
| Tags: Brexit, Climate Change, data privacy, Digital single market, EPC, European Policy Center, Gardner, Investment, law enforcement, Russia, sanctions, Trade, transatlantic relationship, TTIP
Bratislava, September 22, 2016 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin and the Head of Office of the Minister of the Interior of the Slovak Republic Dušana Višňovská officially signed an agreement on September 22 in Bratislava to provide information on the travel of convicted child sex offenders between the ...
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By USEU Mission | 22 September, 2016 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Press Releases, Success Stories, Travel & Tourism
| Tags: Allen Bersin, Child sex offenders, child sexual abuse, DHS, Homeland Security, HSI, ICE, Slovak Republic, Slovakia
It is good to be back in Dublin. Although I can’t claim any Irish ancestry, my Spanish wife is a Mac-Crohon with strong Irish roots in County Kerry. So my better half is indeed better. It is a relief to be here and not have to talk about the U.S. election campaign. As a representative ...
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By USEU Mission | 5 July, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Issues, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Political Affairs, Speeches, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Ambassador Gardner, AmCham Dublin, data privacy, Digital single market, sanctions, Trade, transatlantic relationship
On Monday 20 June it’s World Refugee Day. Amy Wilson, Humanitarian and Migration Officer at the U.S. Mission to the EU explains in a podcast why this year is different from other years. She also sets out what the U.S. is doing domestically, in Europe and the Middle East to help address the global refugee ...
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By USEU Mission | 16 June, 2016 | Topics:
Europe & Eurasia, Family Immigration, Human Rights, Near East & North Africa, Podcast
| Tags: Amy Wilson, migration, PRM, refugees, World Refugee Day
Brussels, Belgium, June 8, 2016 Department of State Under Secretary Sarah Sewall led the U.S. delegation to the initial U.S.-EU Security and Development Dialogue on June 8 in Brussels, Belgium. The U.S.-EU SDD is a quadrilateral exchange between the U.S. and EU foreign affairs and development assistance agencies. The U.S. delegation to this also included ...
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By USEU Mission | 8 June, 2016 | Topics:
Defense, Europe & Eurasia, Human Rights, News
| Tags: Countering Violent Extremism, CVE, EEAS, Sarah Sewell, SDD, Security and Development Dialogue, U.S.-EU Security Dialogue
Haiti Special Coordinator Kenneth Merten came to Brussels from 1 to 5 April 2016 to continue multilateral coordination between the U.S. Government and the European Union in their efforts toward strengthening democracy, security, and improving economic opportunity in Haiti. Listen to the podcast for more details about his visit and the upcoming elections in Haiti. ...
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By USEU Mission | 5 April, 2016 | Topics:
Health Issues, Human Rights, Podcast, U.S. & EU, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Aid, Democracy, Haiti, Kenneth Mertens, Security
Thank you for the kind introduction. As many of you know, Ambassador Burns and I were close colleagues at the State Department. Bill is an American treasure, one of the great diplomats of our day, and a good friend. It is a pleasure to be here with him and all of you today. And thank ...
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By USEU Mission | 30 March, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Human Rights, Trade
| Tags: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jack Lew, Russia, sanctions, Speech, Trade
It is always a pleasure to be at Amcham. Thank you to the superb team at AmChamEU and each of the Member State AmChams for all the excellent work you do to promote the interests of American companies in Europe. It is a relief to be here and not have to talk about the U.S. ...
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By USEU Mission | 17 March, 2016 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Cyber Issues, Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Ambassador Gardner, AmCham, AmCham Transatlantic conference, Brexit, data privacy, sanctions, TTIP
2015 was an eventful year, which proved that the US-EU bond is holding firm despite the many challenges facing the US-EU partnership – both within Europe and beyond. This year, I have been struck by the continued relevance, perhaps as never before, of our common transatlantic values. I feel very confident that the EU is ...
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By USEU Mission | 24 December, 2015 | Topics:
Cyber Issues, Defense, Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Speeches, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: 2015, accomplishments, Anthony Gardner, Climate agreement, New Year, refugees, Safe harbor, Statement, TTIP
Handelsblatt (Dec 23) – In an interview with Handelsblatt, Anthony Gardner, the United States ambassador to the E.U., said Europe needs German leadership. He said he was surprised by the aversion many Europeans have to the planned TTIP free trade deal, and frustrated by the public narrative in Europe that Americans don’t care about data ...
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By USEU Mission | 23 December, 2015 | Topics:
Cyber Issues, Defense, Economic Affairs, Family Immigration, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Anthony Gardner, data privacy, defense, Handelsblatt, interview, refugees, Safe harbor
Let me begin by thanking Vice President Antonio Tajani for his leadership in convening this meeting. Your role in promoting interfaith dialogue is critical to achieving greater respect and tolerance in our societies; your leadership on this issue is needed now more than ever before. Unfortunately Dr. Lantos Swett of the United States Commission on ...
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By USEU Mission | 2 December, 2015 | Topics:
Former U.S. Ambassadors, Fundamental Freedoms, Human Rights, Speeches, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Christians, Daesh, Dr. John Newton, Religion, Religious Freedom, Tajani
Amy Wilson, Immigration and Refugee Expert at the U.S. Mission to the EU, discusses the ongoing Syrian refugees crisis. The United States is coordinating with the EU on providing humanitarian assistance to Syrians and taking in refugees from Syria. Wilson explains why the U.S. is helping Syrian refugees and details what the main challenge is ...
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By USEU Mission | 28 July, 2015 | Topics:
Family Immigration, Human Rights, News, Podcast, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: Amy Wilson, immigration, podcast, PRM, refugee crisis, refugees
Thank you General, it is great to be back in Brussels. It goes without saying in 2015 that we live in a time of myriad crises. Conventional and unconventional, aggressive state actors and marauding non-state actors, nearby and far away. The United States and Europe have a vital stake in curbing conflicts beyond our borders. ...
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By USEU Mission | 9 March, 2015 | Topics:
Defense, Gender Issues, Human Rights
| Tags: CVE, defense, Ebola, refugees, Samantha Power, Speech, Ukraine, UN
Thank you. It is a pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the U.S. Mission to the European Union, the U.S. Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium and the U.S. Mission to NATO. One of the many privileges I enjoy is to work with my fellow ambassadors Denise Bauer and Doug Lute – ...
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By USEU Mission | 5 March, 2015 | Topics:
Culture, Former U.S. Ambassadors, History, Human Rights, Speeches
| Tags: Anthony Gardner, Black History Month, Martin Luther King, Selma, Speech
U.S.-EU Joint Statement The EU and the US, at their ministerial meeting on 20 and 21 June 2012, have agreed to enhance efforts against child sexual abuse online. Such abuse includes the distribution and trade of child pornography via the Internet, and the resulting, continuing harm to the victims depicted. We call upon governments around ...
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By USEU Mission | 21 June, 2012 | Topics:
Child and Family Matters, Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Press Releases
| Tags: child pornography, child sex abuse, Global Alliance, online
I. Promoting Peace and Stability, Democracy and Development Around the World II. Responding to Global Challenges III. Conbtributing to the Expansion of World Trade and Closer Economic Relations IV. Builiding Bridges Across the Atlantic V. Parliamentary Links VI. Implementing Agenda We, the United States of America and the European Union, affirm our conviction that the ...
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By USEU Mission | 5 December, 1995 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, Key Documents, Success Stories, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: NATO, new transatlantic agenda
