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| | | Secretary Rice Addresses Overseas Security Advisory Council
Secretary Rice: "I am delighted that you are here to discuss the security challenges that we face as we pursue our work abroad. OSAC is an extraordinary partnership, and I want to thank you for your support and for your ideas. You play an important role in helping to shape the world’s view of America, and how we maintain our security and how we engage with our neighbors in their countries. And you do so reflecting both our values and our goals. ...OSAC is a model of a public-private partnership working cooperatively to achieve the shared aim of keeping Americans overseas safe as they pursue their professional and personal goals around the world. Americans live and work and travel abroad more securely because of the success of this OSAC partnership." Full Text |
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|  | | Secretary Rice Accompanies President Bush to APEC Summit
At the 16th annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders meeting, President Bush and fellow APEC leaders reaffirmed their commitment to enhancing economic growth, prosperity, security, and the quality of life for all citizens in the Asia-Pacific community. More | | |  | | U.S. Calls on Iran To Cooperate on Levinson Case
Spokesman McCormack (Nov. 21): "The United States continues to call on Iran to cooperate with U.S. authorities on the case of Robert Levinson, an American citizen who has been missing since disappearing from Iran’s Kish Island over 19 months ago. The U.S. Department of State remains committed to determining Mr. Levinson’s whereabouts and returning him safely to his family.... We once again urged Iran to share any and all information uncovered about the Levinson case, and we ask anyone else who may have information about the case to contact us." Full Text | | |  | | Dire Political, Humanitarian Situation in Zimbabwe
Ambassador McGee (Nov. 20): "I think what’s even more important today is the humanitarian crisis that is following up from this political impasse. We’re seeing the humanitarian situation here in Zimbabwe really go down the tubes. The food situation, food and security situation, is extremely dire. Estimates from the United Nations community is 1.5 million Zimbabweans are at risk of food insecurity right now, and by the end of this crop season that number could jump up to over 5 million people." Full Text | | |  | | Secretary Signs "Say No to Violence Against Women" Pledge
Secretary Rice (Nov. 19): "As the campaign enters its second year, we should dedicate ourselves to creating awareness among individuals and communities of the great damage violence against women inflicts, and commit ourselves to end this atrocity." Full Text
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Northern Ireland
 By the mid-1990s, gestures toward peace encouraged by successive British governments and by then-President Clinton began to open the door for restored local government in Northern Ireland. Key elements of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 include devolved government, a commitment of the parties to work toward "total disarmament of all paramilitary organizations," police reform, and enhanced mechanisms to guarantee human rights and equal opportunity. More l Belfast: Post of the Month [PDF]
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