U.S. Engagement With International Organizations

Learn more about how the United States is working with the United Nations and International Organizations on important global issues. www.state.gov/p/io

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Interview at the ITU Plenipotentiary 2014 Conference with Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda United States Coodinator, International Communications. & Information Policy.

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IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano visited the State Department this week. He met with Secretary of State John Kerry, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Sheba Crocker as well as with Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Tom Countryman  and U.S. Charge d'Affaires at U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna Laura Kennedy. State Department Photos.

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"America in the end is not defined by fear. That’s not who we are. America is defined by possibility. And when we see a problem and we see a challenge, then we fix it." —President Obama on responding to Ebola

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On the margins of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda participated in a panel discussion with the ITU's Young ICT Policy Leaders (YIPL) where he explained the power of Internet and why the United States is committed to the multi-stakeholder model of Internet governance. “In the first instance, the enabling power of speech and association that the Internet provides as a democratizing tool I think is critical to the advancement of humanity around the globe. In the second instance, it makes the ability to challenge and counter power dramatically more possible today than ever in the history of the world.”

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On United Nations Day, we recognize the important role the United Nations continues to play in the international system, and we reaffirm our country's commitment to work with all nations to build a world that is more just, more peaceful, and more free.

2014 United Nations Day Presidential Proclamation [Full Text]

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One of the challenges to bring the Ebola outbreak under control in Liberia has been lack of access locally to laboratories able to provide a quick and firm diagnosis of the disease. This month the United States Navy opened a new high-tech mobile laboratory near the Island Clinic, one of the Ebola treatment units in Monrovia, Liberia, that is supported by the WHO. Learn More

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“We really are the same, we really are part of one family. And, at its best, family does all it can to support each other.” - Neil Gaiman. Check out this #UNHRC video of Neil Gaiman's visit to a Refugee camp in Syria.

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Want to be a part of #EbolaResponse? The United Nations Volunteers programme is sending health workers to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Candidates should have at least two years of work experience and be at least 25 years old. All details and requirements are here: http://j.mp/1vVcYkm Help us spread the word! Photo Credit: UNV

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President Obama gave an update today on our comprehensive effort to respond to Ebola and keep Americans safe.

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A powerful look into the USAID Ebola Response, from an Ebola treatment unit with IMC Worldwide in Liberia.

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On World Food Day, U.S. reaffirms our commitment to fight poverty, hunger, and under-nutrition – and to addressing one of the greatest threats to food security: climate change.

Secretary Kerry, October 16, 2014 (via statedept)

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"It is not like the flu. It is not airborne. The only way that a person can contract Ebola is by coming into direct contact with the bodily fluids of somebody who is showing symptoms." —President Obama on Ebola and what we’re doing to respond

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WFUNA Secretary-General Bonian Golmohammadi will meet with UN Youth Delegates from Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Romania and Sri Lanka on October 17th, 2014 for an informal conversation. The meeting will serve as an opportunity to learn about the delegates...

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WFP Responding With Food and Logistical Support In Ebola Effected Areas

 As of 30 September, WFP has provided food assistance to 430,000 people in the three countries (5,971 metric tons) in response to the Ebola outbreak, since April 2014. Food distributions are ongoing in both urban and rural areas, often house-to-house, one family at a time. Under the regional Emergency Operation, which started on 25 August, WFP plans to provide food to 1.36 million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone over six months.

 In the photos:

- The construction work seen on two of the four Ebola Treatment Units being built by the World Food Programme for the World Health Organization in Monrovia. The Ebola Treatment Units are located in front of the old Defense Ministry and will be completed by end October.

- Workers loading and offloading emergency food stocks in the WFP warehouse facilities in Monrovia.

 All photos: WFP/Martin Penner