“We must also keep an international spotlight on efforts to ensure justice and accountability for victims of crimes against humanity committed by [ISIS], including genocide against the Yezidis and gender-based violence in Iraq,” urged Ambassador Wood.
"When people around the world have greater access to markets, to health care, to renewable energy, that’s good for America’s businesses, for Americans’ health, and for the planet that we all share," said Secretary Blinken.
“The United States will do whatever we can to support [the Syrian people], including through humanitarian relief,” said President Biden, “to help restore Syria after more than a decade of war and generations of brutality by the Assad family.”
“This is another long example ... of the Iranian regime’s campaign to silence its critics, silence journalists, silence human rights activists, and this includes Narges Mohammadi,” said Deputy Spokesperson Patel.
While women are disproportionately affected by conflict, they are “underrepresented in the halls of power: from local governments, all the way up to multilateral organizations,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
"As a result of these partnerships, as a result of this extraordinary effort, nearly twice as many Afghans came to the United States in 2024 than the year before,” said Secretary Blinken.
The crisis in Syria can be attributed to “[t]he Assad regime’s ongoing refusal to engage in the political process outlined in UNSCR 2254, and its reliance on Russia and Iran,” said National Security Council Spokesperson Savett.
October 7 “will turn out to be the most consequential recruiting event” for the global terrorism movement since the Iraq war, said National Counterterrorism Center Director Holmgren.
“Earlier this year, Houthi militants rounded up scores of UN and diplomatic staff, all of whom were working to bring life-saving assistance to the Yemeni people,” said Ambassador Wood.
"Hamas has cynically demonstrated that it prefers the war continue, including by rejecting multiple ceasefire offers and other formulas that would bring much-needed relief to Palestinian civilians desperate for an end to the fighting," said Ambassador Wood.
“We are within striking distance of eliminating HIV-transmission. We have the science. We have the treatments. Most of all, we have each other,” said President Joe Biden in a statement.
“If fully implemented,” said President Biden. “This deal can put Lebanon on a path toward a future that’s worthy of its significant past.”
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