August 19, 2008 - Secretary Condoleezza Rice Remarks After the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the Level of Foreign Ministers
I have just finished attending a meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers. That meeting has produced a declaration...(more)
August 19, 2008 - Interview Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with Kim Ghattas of BBC
...In fact, we have sought exactly this outcome, because the strongest statement that you can make to Russia right now is: You have used your military power against a small neighboring state;...(more)
August 18, 2008 - Remarks Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice En Route to Brussels, Belgium
We’re going to hold a meeting of the North Atlantic Council. This is an opportunity for NATO to review the situation in Georgia and to make an initial response to what has occurred in Georgia. (more)
August 17, 2008 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Interview On NBC's Meet the Press with David Gregory
Well, the Russian President has made promises to the French President, the EU presidency several times that military operations would stop, that Russia would withdraw its forces. (more)
August 17, 2008 - Secretary Condoleezza Rice Interview on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer
Well, the problem is, first of all, that the Russian President has given his word several times and it’s not been honored by Russian troops. (more)
August 17, 2008 - Secretary Condoleezza Rice Interview on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace
Well, there is a ceasefire and Russia is currently not in compliance with that ceasefire, although they have just this morning announced that their troops will begin to withdraw, and withdraw fully and completely back to the lines prior to this conflict tomorrow, on Monday. (more)
August 17, 2008 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice To Travel to Brussels and Warsaw
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Brussels, Belgium and Warsaw, Poland, departing on August 18. (more)
August 16, 2008 - Remarks by Secretary Rice to the Travel Pool
I think everybody understands that Russia had a choice to make over the last several years, and it was a choice that should have been opened to Russia, which was a choice to act in a 21st-century way, fully integrate into the international institutions. (more)
President Bush Urges Russia to Cease Military Operations August 13, 2008
The U.S. will “rally the free world in the defense of a free Georgia,” says President Bush, announcing that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading to Europe to support mediation efforts with Russia. (more)
PUBLIC OUTREACH
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Karyn Posner-Mullen (U.S. Embassy), Becky Haddad (Komen for the Cure), Nafije Latifi (Jeta/Vita) and Djana Tosk (Jeta/Vita) discuss breast cancer awareness at RTV21, August 5, 2008. |
Medical Diplomacy Equals Multiethnic Diplomacy:
Miss Rebecca (Becky) Haddad, Global Delegate for the “Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation,” spent August 4 – 7, 2008 in Kosovo as part of an Embassy Pristina legacy program called the Balkans Breast Cancer Initiative (BBCI – http://pristina.usembassy.gov) Involving several regional U.S. Embassies, USAID, Jeta/Vita -- the only breast cancer NGO in Kosovo - the Ministry of Health, medical personnel and patients, the BBCI has been working since December 2007 to raise awareness of breast cancer - a goal which reaches across borders, religions and ethnicities, and has resonated very positively among all ethnic populations (more)
The 7th annual International Documentary and Short Film Festival DOKUFEST opened on August 4, 2008 in Prizren and closed on August 10. DOKUFEST is the largest, most popular and most well-attended Film Festival in Kosovo. Many films are screened, workshops are organized, concerts are held - and it always receives wide media coverage. Many internationals visit Kosovo during DOKUFEST.
This year DOKUFEST received 655 film submissions and they selected 139 documentary and short films for screening. Other editions of films include: DOKUPINK (charity funds dedicated to kids with cancer), DOKUKIDS (short films for children) and DOKUPHOTO (exhibition of photos). DOKUFEST, an NGO that has received some financial support over the last several years from the Public Affairs Section, intends to develop and promote local and international film production. (more)
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