“The more that we can help people break the cycle of use and dependence, the smaller the illicit market for drugs. The more we can reduce the illicit supply of harmful drugs, the fewer people will be exposed to them,” said Secretary Blinken.
“Basic freedoms have eroded. Electoral rights have come under assault. Corruption has eaten away at hope. Under the Summit banner, over the past three years, we have risen together to meet this challenge," said Secretary Blinken.
“If we can harness all of the extraordinary potential,” said Secretary Blinken, “all the extraordinary good in AI, while mitigating the downsides, we will advance progress for people in all of our countries and around the world.”
In 2023, USAID launched the Global Accelerator to End TB Plus initiative. One of the program’s ambitious goals is to reach and deliver prevention and care services to 90 percent of people with TB.
Free and fair elections are foundational for a democracy. Unfortunately, on February 8, Pakistan held a flawed vote, said Assistant Secretary Donald Lu.
“Every person should have a right and the ability to have access to clean water,” said U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
“We’re not going to hesitate to call out those responsible for the erosion of Hong Kong’s promised autonomy,” said State Department Spokesperson Patel.
“We have a known proliferator in the DPRK selling weapons to Russia and to be able to conduct their unlawful brutal attack on Ukraine killing Ukrainian people," said Deputy Assistant Secretary Pak.
"The United States has already begun considering approaches to help ensure that countries cannot deploy nuclear weapons in orbit undetected,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
The United States wants "to ensure that countries in the Pacific have a choice and the ability to make their own sovereign decisions free from coercion,” said Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink.
“For all we know about the impact conflict has on women and girls, there is so much that never cracks the surface,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
"The more countries who join us in applying pressure, the more we raise the cost on perpetrators, and the more we force them to think twice before detaining additional innocent people," said Secretary Blinken.
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