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East Asian and Pacific regionThe Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, headed by Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with the countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

North Korea: Back at the Brink?
Date: 06/11/2009 Location: Washington, DC Description: Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. © State Dept ImageSpecial Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June 12, 2009.
Full Statement | Video | Fact Sheet: North Korea Sanctions: Resolution 1718 Versus Resolution 1874
U.S. and Indonesia: Building a Comprehensive Partnership
Date: 06/08/2009 Location: Washington, DC Description: Secretary Clinton holds press availability with Indonesian Foreign Minister Noer Hassan Wirajuda. © State Dept ImageSecretary Clinton (June 8): "Today, we renewed our commitment to build a comprehensive partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interests. We are working together on a number of common concerns for our two countries, the region, and the world. Indonesia and the United States share a vision for a peaceful and prosperous Southeast Asia. We also share a commitment to democratic values, human rights, and a vibrant civil society." Full Text
North Korea: Working To Produce Strong Resolution
Remarks by Ambassador Rice after UN Security Council Meeting in New York and Deputy Secretary Steinberg in Japan, June 2, 2009:
Date: 06/02/2009 Description: James Steinberg, US Deputy State Secretary in Tokyo, Japan © AP Photo from Video Ambassador Rice: "We are having very good and productive discussions. These discussions continue. I think we are making progress, and I am hopeful that in due course we will be producing a very worthy and strong resolution." Full Text
Deputy Secretary Steinberg: "I look forward to my efforts and conversations not only on the steps that we'll take in adopting a new resolution but how we'll follow up with that afterwards."  Full Text | View Video
Signing of the Condolence Book for Former Korean President Roh
Date: 05/28/2009 Description: Secretary Clinton's Remarks at Signing of Condolence Book for Former Korean President Roh © State Dept Photo from VideoSecretary Clinton (May 28): "I am honored to be here on behalf of President Obama and the American people to offer our condolences not only to the family but to the people of Korea. President Roh’s dedication to democracy and human rights are two values that the United States and the Republic of Korea share. We are grateful for his life and his leadership. I know this is a very sad moment for the people of Korea, and we share that sadness with you." Full Text | View Video
Ambassador to China Nomination
Date: 05/16/2009 Description: Remarks by the President in nominating Governor Jon Huntsman as Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. © State Dept Video PhotoPresident Obama (May 16): "I am here to announce today the distinguished public servant I am appointing as our nation's new ambassador to the Peoples' Republic of China. I am making this appointment mindful of its extraordinary significance. Given the breadth of issues at stake in our relationship with China. This ambassadorship is as important as any in the world because the United States will best be able to deal effectively with global challenges in the twenty first century by working in concert with China." Full Text | View Video

 

Denuclearization and Nonproliferation of North Korea
Senior State Department Official (July 8): "Our overall objective in all of this remains the same, which is to return to serious meaningful discussions within the Six-Party process on denuclearization and nonproliferation. We don’t see the UN resolutions or sanctions as a means to punish North – the North Korean people. We see them—the resolutions—as a means to get back to our original intention of convincing North Korea that there really is only one way forward. We hope to create through all of this a process, a sense of transparency, a sense of shining a light on North Korea’s activities, those related to their nuclear and missile proliferation." Full Text

State of Democracy in Burma
Spokesman Kelly (July 7): "[I] think our concerns with the state of democracy are very well known. We ...have called for the release of the 2,100 political prisoners in Burma. We’ve called very specifically for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi. We are ...in the process of a policy review vis-à-vis Burma. We have a new Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Mr. Kurt Campbell. So I would suspect that we will have more to say when we will begin to wrap up this policy review and have more to say at that time." Full Text | Video

U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative
Since 2001, the United States-Japan Investment Initiative has served as a forum for bilateral cooperation on issues related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in both countries. FDI is a critical contributor to the economic prosperity of both countries and, despite the current economic downturn, Japan and the United States continue to attract FDI inflows. 2009 Report

Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1874
Ambassador Goldberg (July 6): "Resolution 1874, the most recent U.N. resolution, includes important new provisions on inspections, as well as on financial matters; they are aimed at North Korea’s nuclear and missile technology programs. And so our discussions have been centered on this resolution, as well as the prior resolutions." Full Text

U.S.-China Discussions on Climate ChangeDate: 06/12/2009 Location: Washington, DC Description: U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern briefs reporters. © State Dept Image
Special Envoy Stern (June 12): "...China is, in effect, both a developed and a developing country at this point. They are developed in some of their major cities, but ... they are still developing and still quite poor in a large and far-flung countryside. ... [T]he world cannot contain climate change and cannot avoid dangerous levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere without very significant action by China." Full Text | Video

Taiwan's Participation in the World Health Assembly
The U.S. welcomes the announcement that the World Health Organization (WHO) has invited Taiwan to attend this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA), the supreme governing body of the WHO, as an observer under the name “Chinese Taipei.” Press Statement

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