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Department of State Washington File: Text: Treasury Secretary Summers' trip to India, Indonesia, Japan
In India, Secretary Summers will visit Bombay (Jan. 17), New Dehli (Jan. 18) and Bangalore (Jan. 19). He will speak to the Confederation of Indian Industry at 5 p.m. Monday, January 17 at the Taj Hotel in Bombay. ... Following India, the Secretary will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, and will speak at a noon luncheon Thursday, January 20 jointly hosted by the Indonesian Economist Association and the American Chamber of Commerce at the Regent Hotel. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Vitamin Deficiencies Causing Disease in Afghanistan, U.N. Reports
Finally, a reminder that the National Health Sector Planning conference will begin Saturday, March 16th at 8:30 am at the Intercontinental Hotel. This is a crucial gathering of over two hundred international and national players in the health field, including the United Nations agencies, international and national NGOs, and regional and national Ministry of Public Health staff. They are meeting to chart the future course of health recovery in Afghanistan. The meeting will last until March 19th and will be followed by a press conference at 17:30 on that day given by Dr. Suhaila Seddiq, Minister of Public Health, at the Intercontinental Hotel. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Report Finds Massive Failures of U.N. Security in Iraq
The inner perimeter of the Canal Hotel complex was guarded by locally recruited unarmed U.N. security guards whose main task was to check incoming traffic and maintain a night watch on the premises, the panel reported. ... The panel was commissioned after a massive suicide truck bomb attack at U.N. headquarters in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad August 19 killed 22 U.N. staff and visitors, including U.N. special envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. ... "Adequate security arrangements may not have been able to prevent the attack against the Canal Hotel perimeter, but would certainly have minimized the vulnerability of the staff and premises and reduced the number of causalities caused by the attack," Ahtisaari said at a press conference releasing the report. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Bush Condemns Terror Attacks in Kenya, Israel
I condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist attacks today at the Likud Party polling place in northern Israel and the Paradise Hotel in Mombasa Kenya, as well as the attempted attack on a civilian airliner shortly after it took off from Mombasa's international airport. I want to extend my condolences to the victims and their families, and to the governments and peoples of Israel and Kenya. Today's attacks underscore the continuing willingness of those opposed to peace to commit horrible crimes. Those who seek peace must do everything in their power to dismantle the infrastructure of terror that makes such actions possible. The United States remains firmly committed, with its partners around the world, to the fight against terror and those who commit these heinous acts. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: WHITE HOUSE REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998
MONDAY, MARCH 9 -- Clinton speaks to the American Medical Association at a Washington hotel. The speech will discuss public health issues. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Myers Says Failure Is Not An Option in War Against Terrorism
Meanwhile in Baghdad, U.S. Army Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, deputy director for operations for the Combined Joint Task Force-7 briefed local reporters on November 21 about the most recent attacks in the capital. He said between nine and 14 rocket-propelled grenade launchers mounted on donkey carts were aimed at the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the Palestine Hotel. A few of the rockets thought to be destined for the Palestine Hotel went awry and hit the nearby Sheraton Hotel, he added. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Powell Condemns Terror Attacks in Kenya, Israel
Secretary of State Colin Powell November 28 condemned terrorist attacks earlier in the day at the Paradise Hotel near Mombasa, Kenya, and at a polling station in Israel. ... We condemn in the strongest terms the horrific terrorist bombing earlier today in the Paradise Hotel near Mombasa Kenya that killed at least eleven and wounded dozens -- both Kenyans and Israelis. We also condemn in the strongest terms the terrorist shooting at a polling station in Beit Shean in which three Israelis were killed and many more injured. I want to extend my most sincere condolences and deepest sympathies to the families of all the victims in these despicable attacks and to the Kenyan and Israeli peoples. I encourage Israelis to not allow this attack to dissuade them from exercising their democratic rights and to vote in today's primary election. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. Condemns Attack Against Anti-Trafficking NGO in Cambodia
In a statement released December 9, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli reported that 84 women and children, who had previously been rescued from a hotel used as a brothel for sex trafficking of children, and six others were kidnapped from the AFESIP shelter. He also said the United States was "deeply troubled" that eight of the hotel's operators who had been arrested on December 7 were subsequently released and reportedly participated in the attack on AFESIP. ... The United States strongly condemns the December 8 attack in Phnom Penh on the non-governmental organization, Agir pour les Femmes En Situation Précaire--Acting for Women in Distressing Situations (AFESIP). This NGO, which receives U.S. and international assistance, provides shelter and support to trafficking victims in Cambodia. Armed assailants abducted all but one of the 91 women and children under AFESIP's care. Just one day earlier, Cambodia's Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department under General Un Sokunthea had rescued 84 of them from a hotel notorious as a brothel for sex trafficking of children. We are deeply troubled that eight of the hotel's operators who had been arrested on December 7 were subsequently released and reportedly participated in the attack on AFESIP. ... [Read More]
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