“Our best tool to meet the challenges we face around the world,” explained President Biden, is to “show how democracy can deliver in ways that matter to people's lives.”
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden assured world leaders that the “United States seeks a more secure, more prosperous, more equitable world for all people because we know our future is bound” together.
“Since the beginning, our country has drawn strength and insights from Hispanic writers, scientists, soldiers, doctors, entrepreneurs, academics, and leaders in labor and government," said President Biden.
The United States called on the Sierra Leone government to institute an independent, outside investigation of the elections process.
The decision by the transition government in Mali to close MINUSMA has already triggered renewed violence on the ground, said Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
“We strongly condemn the intimidation and disruption of lawful election observers throughout the electoral period,” said State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller.
The government of Ukraine estimates that Russian authorities have deported or forcibly displaced over 19,500 children, “including babies as young as four months old,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
“The Libyan people deserve change,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, “they deserve progress, they deserve hope. And it is up to Libya’s leaders to take action and deliver results.”
The goal for an end to the fighting in CAR and for true democratic governance in one of Africa’s poorest and most strife-filled countries seems to be receding.
Two women journalists have been charged with propaganda against the system, acting against national security, and collaborating with the United States – charges which can bring the death penalty.
If Niger does not respect its own constitutional order, the people of Niger face a potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in economic and security support.
The United States remains "deeply concerned by the spread of instability in coastal West Africa, both from national political dynamics and the proximity of violent extremism in the Sahel."
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