| | 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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Secretary's Travel to Europe
 In her first major speech as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice discussed goals to strengthen U.S.-European relations: "I am here in Europe so that we can talk about how America and Europe can use the power of our partnership to advance our ideals worldwide. President Bush will continue our conversation when he arrives in Europe on February 21st. He is determined to strengthen transatlantic ties. As the President said in his recent Inaugural Address: "All that we seek to achieve in the world requires that America and Europe remain close partners." [more from the trip] AP/Wide World Photo
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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] White House Photo |
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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 | U.S. Commitment to Women in Europe and Eurasia
Read new fact sheet released by the Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues.
Northern Ireland
Statement on the reappointment of Mitchell B. Reiss as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland.
U.S.-Ukraine Relations
During a speech at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, Deputy Assistant Secretary John Tefft discussed the future of U.S.-Ukraine Relations, following the recent inauguration of President Yushchenko.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Read updated fact sheet on "The United States and the Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh."
U.S.-European Relations
Secretary Rice (Feb. 2): "I would hope that we are going to begin to further unite around a common agenda for the next several years, one that is firmly rooted in our values, our shared values." [full text]
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."
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