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"We believe strongly that Africa can have and should have a very positive future for its people, and we want to be the partners who help to realize those dreams...."
-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, June 14, 2010

On June 14, 2010, the U.S. Department of State hosted a Diplomacy Conference on sub-Saharan Africa, the second in a series of public outreach conferences aimed at engaging key constituencies on foreign policy issues. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered closing keynote remarks. The agenda also featured Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson and several other key Administration officials who will engage a cross section of the nongovernmental community on US policy and the most pressing issues facing sub-Saharan Africa. Students from Florida A & M University (Tallahassee, FL), Texas Southern University (Houston, TX), and the University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) joined the conference to engage Secretary Clinton via video conference.

The Department hosted the first in the series on Latin America on December 11, 2009 at which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also delivered keynote remarks. That conference brought together over 250 members of the Hispanic community and civil society and featured Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela, and other senior State Department officials.

Conference Agenda | Secretary Clinton Remarks (Video)
C-Span Video: Full Conference | Fact Sheet: The U.S. and Africa – Partnering for Progress (PDF)

 

CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPTS

• Remarks by Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, at the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa on Women’s Inclusion and Participation (06/14/2010)
• Remarks by Tim Shortley, Deputy to the Special Envoy to Sudan, at the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa (06/14/2010)
• Remarks by Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, at the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa (06/14/2010)
• Remarks by James Michel, Counselor for U.S. Agency for International Development, at the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa (06/14/2010)
• Remarks by Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, at the Conference on sub-Saharan Africa (06/14/2010)

 

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SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHIES

• Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Judith McHale, Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy
• Ambassador Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-At-Large, Secretary Clinton's Office of Global Women's Issues
• Ambassador James Michel, Counselor, US Agency for International Development
• Ambassador Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs
• Timothy Shortley, Deputy Special Envoy, Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan

SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON REMARKS

• Remarks to the Working Together to Combat Child Labor Conference (06/08/10)
• Gates Contribution to Women and Children's Health (06/07/10)
• Remarks On the Obama Administration's National Security Strategy (05/27/10)
• The New START Treaty (05/18/10)
• Remarks at CARE's 2010 National Conference and Celebration (05/11/10)
• World Press Freedom Day (05/03/10)
• Closing Remarks at the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship (04/27/10)
• World Malaria Day (04/24/10)
• The 40th Anniversary of Earth Day (04/19/10)
• Remarks at Signing Memorandum of Understanding Establishing the U.S.-South Africa Dialogue (04/14/10 )
• World Health Day (04/07/10)
• Signing Ceremony for the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (04/06/10)
• World Water Day (03/22/10)
• Remarks on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (03/11/10)
• Remarks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony (03/10/10)
• Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY2011 International Affairs Budget (02/24/10)
• Remarks at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum (02/14/10)
• Remarks on Internet Freedom (01/21/10)
• Remarks on the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (01/08/10)
• Remarks on the Five-Year Anniversary of the CPA in Sudan (01/08/10)
• Remarks on Development in the 21st Century (01/06/10)
• Remarks at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (12/17/09)
• Remarks on the Human Rights Agenda for the 21st Century (12/14/09)
• Video Message on International Anti-Corruption Day (12/09/09)
• Secretary Clinton Presents the 11th Annual Awards for Corporate Excellence (12/09/09)
• Administration's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan (12/02/09)
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (12/02/09)
• "Elimination of Violence Against Women" Day (11/25/09)
• Keynote Address at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) 24th Annual Briefing (11/18/09)
• Remarks on the Sudan Strategy (10/19/09)
• Secretary Clinton's Statement on World Food Day, October 16, 2009 (10/16/09)
• Remarks at the Corporate Council on Africa's Seventh Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit (10/01/09)
• Remarks on the Adoption of a United Nations Security Council Resolution to Combat Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (09/30/09)
• Remarks at Food Security Event Co-Hosted with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon During the UN General Assembly (09/26/09)
• Remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative Closing Plenary (09/25/09)
• Remarks at Interfaith Outreach Roundtable (08/12/09)
• Town Hall in Nigeria with Civil Society Representatives on Good Governance and Transparency (08/12/09)
• Roundtable in DRC with NGOs and Activists on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Issues (08/11/09)
• Remarks to South African Business Leaders (08/07/09)
• Remarks at the 8th Forum of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (08/05/09)
• Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations (07/15/09)

 

SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

• Accountability for Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity
• Assistant Secretary Carson: U.S. Policy in sub-Saharan Africa;
• Assistant Secretary Carson's Recent Two Week Tour of Africa
• Deputy Secretary Steinberg: Rising Powers and Global Institutions: World Order in the 21st Century
• Fact Sheet: Setting the Record Straight: No Justification for Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
• Fact Sheet: The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia
• Fact Sheet: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program Helps Sudan Overcome Legacies of War
• Legal Advisor Koh: The Obama Administration and International Law
• Special Envoy Gration: A Critical Moment for the CPA, Darfur, and the Region
• The Great Lakes Region: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy
• U.S.-African Union First Annual High-Level Bilateral Meeting
• US Efforts on Piracy Off of the Coast of Somalia

 

HUMAN RIGHTS, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

• Conflict Diamonds
• Fact Sheet: United Nations Security Council to Adopt Resolution to Protect Women in Conflict Situations
• Fact Sheet: USAID Partners With Chevron Corporation and the CLUSA To Promote Agricultural Development in Angola
• Feed the Future Initiative
• Global Hunger and Food Security
• Global Internet Freedom Task Force
• Malaria Initiative
• State Department/USUN Report to the White House Council on Women and Girls
• The President's Summit on Entrepreneurship
• U.S - sub-Saharan Africa Trade

 

BUREAU AND OFFICE MAIN-PAGE LINKS

• Bureau of African Affairs
• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
• Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EB)
• Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
• Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA)
• Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA)
• Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI)
• Office of the Science and Technology Advisor (G/STAS)
• Office of the Special Representative to Muslim Communities (S/SRMCC)
• Office of the Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy ( R)
• Office of the Under Secretary of Democracy and Global Affairs (G)
• Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP)
• The Presidents Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)
• US Embassies in Africa
• White House: Foreign Policy