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In Sudan, an Indonesian peacekeeper in Darfur (UNAMID) speaks with a group of boys. UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran

Darfur: Peacekeeping Mission Must Protect Civilians

“UNAMID is a Chapter 7 mission, with a robust protection of civilians mandate…the United States view is that we expect UNAMID, as one of the UN’s largest and most costly operations, with one of the most robust mandates passed by this Council, to be very active and, when necessary, aggressive, in fulfilling its mandate to protect civilians.”

- Ambassador Susan Rice

Ambassaador Susan Rice speaking to press at UN / UN Image

US Outlines Commitments to UN Women

With the creation of UN Women, for the first time in the UN’s 65-year history, member states voted to put women’s challenges and opportunities at their rightful place at the forefront of the UN’s mission. This commitment is not simply about equality and fairness. Empowering women is a precondition for development, prosperity, and security.

- Ambassador Susan Rice

Residents in a partially destroyed enclave, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 1994 / UN Image

Building Peace in the Wake of Conflict

"The only way to truly end a war is to successfully build a peace. Old embers left to smolder can ignite into new flames. Old weaknesses left to languish can summon new risks. So we face an important challenge here today: to sharpen all the tools at our disposal to do an essential job better."

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

Children living in a camp in Port-au-Prince for those displaced by the January 2010 earthquake / UN Image

Toward a More Secure, Prosperous Future in Haiti

"We urge the Haitian authorities to outline a clear way forward that will lead to the timely inauguration of a legitimate and democratically elected government. This must include issuing a timely and public electoral calendar. It must include announcing first-round results consistent with the recommendations of the OAS technical review. And it must include enacting measures that will increase public confidence in the electoral process."

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

Ambassador Rice briefs the Security Council in October on its visit to Sudan / UN Image

Sudan Vote Concludes; Challenges Remain

"This is a historic moment. And I join President Obama in congratulating the people and leaders of Sudan for the successful completion of voting on the referendum on independence. The people of Southern Sudan, after decades of war and more than two million killed, have cast their votes peacefully and expressed their will."

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

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Fri, January 28

President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: "All Governments Must Maintain Power through Consent, Not Coercion": the President and much of the White House spent the day focused on the unfolding situation in Egypt

Tue, January 25

A Digital Bridge Across the Pacific: officials created a high-tech bridge across the Pacific to discuss the recent trip and other important issues with Chinese bloggers.

Fri, January 21

Behind-the-Scenes Video: President Barack Obama's Gift to President Hu Jintao of China: the painting is replete with imagery and motifs that represent 5,000 years of Chinese culture

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01/27/11 Statement on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations

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