Secretary Pompeo's Remarks at a Press Availability

U.S. officials held a virtual Signing Ceremony to formally launch the U.S.-led Call to Action on Women’s Economic Empowerment, along with 31 UN Member States.

The situation in the region remains an acute humanitarian and human rights crisis more than three years after the August 2017 violence, which caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people to flee their homes in Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh.

The U.S. strongly condemns the use of excessive force by military forces who fired on unarmed demonstrators in Lagos, causing death and injury. We welcome an immediate investigation into any use of excessive force by members of the security forces.