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USNATO NEWS
Former USNATO Ambassador
Nicholas Burns’
Valedictory Speech delivered March 2, 2005 to the NATO North Atlantic
Council
news from Washington
U.S.,
International Groups Condemn Attack on Kosovo Leader The
United States strongly condemns an assassination attempt against
Kosovo’s President, Ibrahim Rugova, saying, “violence in any form
will not be tolerated and can only hurt Kosovo's future.” The
perpetrators must be apprehended and tried as soon as possible,
added State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli during the March
15 regular noon briefing.
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U.S. to
Participate in Macedonian Election Observation
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ANNUAL REPORTS
INCSR Report
- The 2005 International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the
Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the
Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to
attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year
2004. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities.
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Human Rights Report
- On February 28, 2005, Under
Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky announced the release
of the 2004 Human Rights Reports. The Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices provide a key framework that the United States and
others around the world use in assessing the state of human freedom
and in marshalling efforts to advance it.
FOREIGN PRESS CENTER BRIEFINGS
U.S. Perspectives on European Drug
Policy and "Harm Reduction" John Walters, Director of the
Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House; Calvina
Fay, Executive Director of Drug Free America Foundation and save Our
Society from Drugs
U.S. Foreign Policy Update -
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S.
Department of State
Founding Mothers -- Next Steps in
Post-Election Afghanistan and Iraq Under Secretary of State
for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianski; Narmin Othman, Minister of
Women's Affairs, Iraq and Dr. Massouda Jalal, Minister of Women's
Affairs, Afghanistan
2004 International Narcotics Control Strategy
Report
the 2004 Human Rights Report, the
country reports for human rights practices
Senior Coordinator, Democracy,
Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor,
U.S. Department of State
Gretchen Birkle, Senior Coordinator, Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor
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War
on Terrorism Requires the Advance of Freedom, Bush Says
The promotion of democracy is necessary to defeat terrorism and
protect the United States, President Bush said in a March 8 speech
at the National Defense University in Washington. Calling it “a time
when the defense of freedom requires the advance of freedom,” the
president said part of the U.S. security strategy is “to help change
the conditions that give rise to extremism and terror, especially in
the broader Middle East.
Karen
Hughes Selected To Head Public Diplomacy, Rice Announces
Saying that U.S. public diplomacy must do a better job, Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice has announced President Bush’s intent to
nominate Karen Hughes as under secretary for public diplomacy.
During her March 14 announcement at the State Department, Rice noted
the success of public diplomacy in the 20th century, but said the
“new challenges” of the War on Terror require a review and
restructuring of U.S. public diplomacy efforts.
U.S.
Actively Supports European Diplomatic Efforts with Iran
In order to support the diplomatic efforts of the European Union 3
(EU-3) with Iran, the United States will drop its objection to
Iran's application to join the World Trade Organization “and will
consider, on a case-by-case basis, the licensing of spare-parts for
Iranian civilian aircraft, in particular from the EU to Iran,” says
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. “We share the desire of
European Governments to secure Iran's adherence to its obligations
through peaceful and diplomatic means,” Rice said March 11.
Bush
Urges Strong Action To Confront Nuclear Proliferation
President Bush called on parties to the 35-year-old Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to take "strong action" to confront
noncompliance and enhance common security. "We cannot allow rogue
states that violate their commitments and defy the international
community to undermine the NPT's fundamental role in strengthening
international security," Bush said in a March 7 statement. "We must,
therefore, close the loopholes that allow states to produce nuclear
materials that can be used to build bombs under the cover of
civilian nuclear programs," he said.