![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a press conference at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2017. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2017/01/32089146466_a753c48d53_k-750x450.jpg "32089146466_a753c48d53_k")
Exit Memo From Secretary Kerry to President Obama
"Over the past eight years, President Obama laid a stronger foundation for American leadership in the world." Read More»
World AIDS Day
"On World AIDS Day, we join with the international community to remember those we have lost too soon, reflect on the tremendous progress we have made in battling this disease, and carry forward our fight against HIV/AIDS." Read More»
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC November 25, 2016 On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the United States reaffirms our belief that gender-based violence is never acceptable, that women and girls have the right to live free from violence, and that countries are stronger when homes, neighborhoods, and communities ... Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 22nd UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 16, 2016. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/11/22852154858_6f87f79e8a_k-750x450.jpg "22852154858_6f87f79e8a_k")
Secretary Kerry’s Remarks at COP-22
"We have to get this right, and we have to get it right now." Read More»
President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
We’ve been making steady progress to drawing attention to the crime of trafficking, we’re mobilizing resources unprecedented to fight it, and obviously, I hope everybody here will make sure that we’ll make the efforts necessary to make further gains and build on the past successes. Read Secretary Kerry’s remarks at the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) on state.gov ! Read More»
HFC Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
"The world came together today in yet another milestone on the path toward a safer, more sustainable future." Read More»
Achieving Carbon Neutral Growth in the Airline Industry
“Today the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted an unprecedented global market-based measure (MBM) that puts the international aviation industry on a path toward sustainable, carbon-neutral growth. It builds on over a decade of work by the United States and other ICAO Member States to reduce international aviation emissions by developing new technologies, improved operations, ... Read More»
Paris Agreement to Enter into Force
"Today, less than six months later, enough countries – representing enough of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions – have submitted their instruments to formally join. The Paris Agreement will enter into force in 30 days." Read More»
Presidential Memorandum on Climate Change and National Security
"This memorandum establishes a framework and directs Federal departments and agencies (agencies) to perform certain functions to ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans." Read More»
![Secretary Kerry provides closing remarks while Ocean Champions Senegalese Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop,Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende, Karmenu Vella of the European Commission, and U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse look on during closing of 2016 Our Ocean Conference. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/09/29100253604_755835b29f_o-750x450.jpg "29100253604_755835b29f_o")
Secretary Kerry at the Our Oceans Conference
"If we just go out of here and go back to business as usual, we’re not going to win this battle." Read More»
World Humanitarian Day 2016
"On this World Humanitarian Day, we pay tribute to all humanitarians, we draw inspiration from their countless acts of heroism, and we thank them for being the emissaries of the conscience of the world." Read More»
Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq
At a pledging conference for Iraq led by co-hosts Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, The Netherlands, and the United States, over $2 billion in new money has been pledged for the people of Iraq in response to Da’esh’s campaign of tyranny. Read More»
On the Occasion of Eid al-Fitr
"From our family to yours, Eid Mubarak!" Read More»
Canada Day
"We are proud to count ourselves among Canada’s closest friends, partners, and allies. We are also very fortunate to call you our neighbor." Read More»
Trilateral M.O.U. Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Women-Owned Enterprises in North America
At NALS 2016, the United States, Canada and Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding welcoming Canada into the MUSEIC Women’s Entrepreneurship Subcommittee. Read More»
Secretary Kerry’s Travel to Canada
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will accompany President Obama on June 29 to Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada and President Peña Nieto of Mexico for the North American Leaders Summit (NALS). Read More»
Secretary Kerry’s Remarks at the SelectUSA Summit
"When we do business together across borders, when our countries trade with each other and invest in each other's markets and we each have more skin in the game, then our governments have even greater incentives to collaborate on a whole host of crucial issues." Read More»
World Refugee Day
"Today, we commemorate the spirit and strength of refugees worldwide and the dedication of those who help them on and after their journeys." Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as he receives a briefing from a group of climate change scientists on June 17, 2016, as they cruise aboard the HDMS Thetis in the waters off Ilulissat, Greenland, so he and Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen could view an iceberg field created by the Jacobshavn Glacier Front, receive the science briefing, and meet with Greenlandic Premier Kim Kielsen and Foreign Minister Vittus Qujaukitsoq. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/06/27185331543_a681dfb6b9_k-750x450.jpg "27185331543_a681dfb6b9_k")
Secretary Kerry on the Arctic
"There is profound change throughout the Arctic region." Read More»
World Oceans Day
"On World Oceans Day, I challenge all who love the ocean – and all who love the planet – to join us." Read More»
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
"On May 17, Americans and people around the world mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia by reaffirming the dignity and inherent worth of all people, regardless of who they love or their gender identity." Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on May 17, 2016, at the Palais Niederosterreich Hotel in Vienna, Austria, at the outset of a meeting of the International Syria Support Group. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/05/27067857585_95e3aec40e_k-750x450.jpg "27067857585_95e3aec40e_k")
Statement of the International Syria Support Group
Meeting in Vienna on May 17, 2016, as the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), the Arab League, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, The Netherlands, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United ... Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, with his two-year-old granddaughter Isabelle Dobbs-Higginson on his lap and United Nations Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon looking on, signs the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on behalf of the United States during a ceremony on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/04/26512345421_881749149f_k-750x450.jpg "26512345421_881749149f_k")
UN Signing Ceremony of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
"Paris marked the moment when the world finally decided to heed the ever-rising mountain of evidence that had been piling up for years." Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry releases the 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 13, 2016. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/04/26140087220_aafb048c04_k-e1460581482550-750x450.jpg "26140087220_aafb048c04_k")
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015
"In the arena of human rights, every government – every government – has the ability to improve, including the United States. " Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Cathy Russell pose for a photo with the 2016 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award winners at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2016. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/26116796695_ef15bfcf58_k-750x450.jpg "26116796695_ef15bfcf58_k")
International Women of Courage Awards
"Each year, we come together on behalf of the Obama Administration and the State Department to recognize women who have made really special, singular contributions to peace, to prosperity, to stability all around the globe." Read More»
State Luncheon in Honor of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
"The fact is that no country so directly impacts American life as does Canada." Read More»
U.S.-Canadian Relations: A Profound Alliance
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mrs. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau in Washington, D.C. on March 10 for an Official Visit and a State Dinner at the White House. The visit is a hallmark of the deep friendship and extraordinary cooperation between our neighboring countries. Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets CBC host Rosemary Barton on March 9, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., before an interview in advance of the State Visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/25627444306_1f1d463885_k-750x450.jpg "25627444306_1f1d463885_k")
Secretary Kerry’s Interview With CBC Power and Politics
"I think that President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau have an enormous amount in common, and I’m confident the visit here is going to be really excellent." Read More»
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with CTV Anchor Lisa LaFlamme on March 9, 2016, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., before an interview in advance of the State Visit of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]](https://d2v9ipibika81v.cloudfront.net/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/25534899212_88b201d4eb_k-750x450.jpg "25534899212_88b201d4eb_k")
Secretary Kerry’s Interview With Lisa Laflamme of CTV
"We have great respect for Canada’s humanitarian heart and for the ability that it has shown to try to screen people and bring them in on a rapid basis." Read More»
International Women’s Day
"Today, on International Women's Day, we recommit ourselves to achieving a world in which every woman and girl enjoys the full range of rights and freedoms that is her birthright." Read More»
North American Foreign Ministers Meeting
"Our three countries are neighbors and allies, and we are brought together by shared borders, we are strengthened by common values, and we are united in our commitment to build a more competitive, prosperous, and secure continent." Read More»
North American Foreign Ministers Ministerial Preview
"What's on the agenda today are issues that concern North America -- competitiveness, prosperity, environment -- but also the issues that we think we can work most closely to advance and model in terms of behavior and leadership around the world." Read More»
Secretary of State John Kerry’s Travel to Canada
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Quebec City, Canada, on January 29 for the North American Foreign Ministerial Meeting. Secretary Kerry will meet with Foreign Minister Stephane Dion of Canada and Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu of Mexico in a trilateral setting to advance our shared economic, security, and political agenda regionally and ... Read More»
United States Foreign Policy Agenda for 2016
Now, some people look around at the daily headlines and they suggest that the world is increasingly chaotic and doomed to disorder. Well, I’m about to enter my fourth year as Secretary of State, and let me make it clear from all that I have experienced, from all that I have seen: I strongly disagree ... Read More»
Secretary Kerry Visits Ottawa
On October 28th, Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Ottawa to conduct a series of bilateral meetings and to convey condolences to senior Canadian officials following last week’s attacks in Canada. Secretary Kerry’s first stop was a visit to the National War Memorial with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird where the Secretary participated in ... Read More»
Secretary Kerry’s Townhall Meeting with Embassy Ottawa Staff
Excerpts from Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting with Embassy Ottawa employees. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you all very much for a wonderful welcome. I am really happy to be here, and despite the fact that it’s taken me longer than I wanted to to be able to get up here, I’m proud to say that ... Read More»
Secretary Kerry Travels to Canada
Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Ottawa, Canada, on October 28 for a series of bilateral meetings and to convey condolences to senior Canadian officials following last week’s attacks in Canada. He will also express America’s solidarity with the Canadian people, reaffirming the close friendship and alliance between our countries. The Secretary will ... Read More»
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