| | Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, headed by Assistant Secretary A. Elizabeth Jones, implements U.S. foreign policy in Europe and Eurasia. The Bureau promotes U.S. interests in the region on issues such as national security, NATO enlargement, coordination with the European Union and other regional organizations, support for democracy, human rights, civil society, economic prosperity, the war on terrorism, and nonproliferation.
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Ukrainian Presidential Inauguration
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Honoring Holocaust Survivors
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| Vice President Cheney (Jan. 26): "As President Yushchenko [pictured above]assumes his responsibilities, he and the people he serves can know this: the United States supports the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and we support Ukraine's aspirations to join the institutions that bind the free nations of the West." [more] AP Photo Efrem Lukatsky |
Vice President Cheney and U.S. Presidential Delegation honor Holocaust survivors at the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. [more] |
For assistance, please contact the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs' Office of Public Affairs, Room 4515, Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20520; Tel: (202) 647-9761. | | | Highlights | 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
President Bush signed a proclamation on January 25 declaring January 27, 2005, as the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and called upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate ceremonies and programs to honor the victims of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
On January 27, Vice President Cheney spoke at the International Forum "Let My People Live" in Krakow, Poland: "At Auschwitz we bear witness to the cruelty, and the suffering, and tragedy of a time that is still within living memory. On this anniversary of liberation, we give thanks for the liberators, and for all who labored to free this continent from tyranny."
Moscow, Bratislava, and Rome
Transcript of an on-the-record interview via DVC between Assistant Secretary Jones and journalists and NGOs in Moscow, Bratislava, and Rome.
Meeting with GAM Leaders
Press statement on meeting with Geraka Aceh Merdaka or Free Ache Movement leaders in Stockholm.
Serbia and Montenegro
Statement on assistance.
President Bush to Travel to Europe
President Bush will travel to Europe in February 2005 for meetings with European leaders.
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