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Secretary Rice (Jan. 8): "It is obviously a very serious situation in Gaza. And while our goal must be the stabilization and normalization of Gaza through the implementation of a durable and fully respected cease-fire and an end to all terrorist activities, I think that this resolution shows that the Council and the United Nations is indeed seized of the matter. This resolution is a step toward our goals. It reflects the international community’s concern about the circumstances in Gaza and its desire for a sustainable peace in Gaza." Full Text |
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|  | | U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership
Secretary Rice (Jan. 9): "The U.S. supports and will always support Georgia’s sovereignty and its territorial integrity, as well as its Euro-Atlantic aspirations and its integration into the institutions of the Euro-Atlantic. The pace of Georgia’s integration with NATO should depend on the desires of Georgians themselves and on Georgia’s ability to meet NATO standards." Full Text | | |  | | Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
USAID Mission Director Sumka (Jan. 9): "And finally, for our ongoing programs with the World Food Program, we have delivered since the hostilities began about 1.6 metric tons of food that was funded by USAID, about $1.5 dollars worth of food...But through the World Food Program warehouses and our – the NGO that works with us to distribute it, we’ve gotten much of that food out to the people." Full Text
| | |  | | 30th Anniversary of U.S.-China Diplomatic Relations
Deputy Secretary Negroponte (Jan. 8): "I first visited China in June of 1972 on a delegation led by Dr. Henry Kissinger at a time when our two countries had lived in political, economic and diplomatic isolation from each other for more than two decades. The changes in our relationship since that time have been truly dramatic. Our two countries have interactions and exchanges across the entire spectrum of human activity on a scale and depth that simply could not have been imagined when we first established diplomatic ties in 1979." Full Text | Deputy Secretary's travel to China | | |  | | Secretary Rice Plays Major Role
Spokesman McCormack (Jan. 9): "I mean, let me put it as plainly as I possibly can. That resolution never would have come into being as it was, without the efforts of Condoleezza Rice...But the fact that that resolution did move forward last night – and again, I repeat, it wouldn’t have moved forward without the strenuous efforts of Secretary Rice -- I think that says a lot about our desire not only to see a ceasefire that is immediate, durable, sustainable and non-time-limited, but also concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The fact that you do have these humanitarian corridors that we’re opening up came about as a result of Secretary Rice’s phone calls to Prime Minister Olmert..." Full Text | |
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 The relationship between the United States and Canada is the closest and most extensive in the world. It is reflected in the staggering volume of bilateral trade--the equivalent of $1.5 billion a day in goods--as well as in people-to-people contact. About 300,000 people cross the shared border every day. More...
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