Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Sheba Crocker will travel to Paris, France and Geneva, Switzerland, November 2-6.

Washington, DC - Secretary of State John Kerry: "On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States of America, I send my sincerest congratulations to the Kingdom of Tonga on your National Day on November 4th.

Washington, DC - The United States is the world’s single largest financial supporter of efforts to address humanitarian hazards from landmines and unexploded ordnance in post-conflict countries and to reduce the availability of excess, loosely-secured, or otherwise at-risk weapons and ordnance. Today’s release of To Walk the Earth in Safety, the Department of State’s report summarizing the accomplishments of the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program, highlights our enduring commitment to making post-conflict communities safer and setting the stage for their recovery and development.

Washington, DC - The foreign ministers of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Republic of Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Secretary of State of the United States of America issue this Joint Declaration of Partnership and Cooperation. This meeting follows a ministerial level meeting of the six countries on September 26, 2015, in New York. The six countries are committed to deepening cooperation, including through regular meetings in the “C5+1” format.

Washington, DC - President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Alassane Dramane Ouattara on November 3, 2015.

Washington, DC - Secretary Kerry met with Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov today to discuss U.S.-Uzbekistan relations and to review opportunities to cooperate on a range of bilateral and regional issues.