U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iran’s activities in pursuing a nuclear program are “a profoundly destabilizing element and one that risks the security of countries not only in the region but well beyond it.”
In a recent interview, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins shed light on the efforts undertaken by the State Department to advance global denuclearization.
Emerging technologies - including artificial intelligence, or AI - will be instrumental and monumental in shaping the future of the world – carrying enormous potential for both good and evil.
"America’s own security and prosperity is inextricably entwined with what happens here in the Indo-Pacific, and particularly right here in Southeast Asia," said Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink.
Today, most sanctions imposed on North Korea are tailored to hinder its nuclear weapons program, including the means to finance it.
“Russia is negotiating potential deals for significant quantities and multiple types of munitions from the DPRK to be used against Ukraine,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
“We must ensure the PRC leadership wakes up every day, considers the risks of aggression, and concludes, “‘Today is not the day,'” said Deputy Defense Secretary Hicks.
"The United States continues to provide our African partners critical assistance in disrupting and degrading Daesh and al-Qaida affiliates," said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
North Korea "relies on forced labor and the exploitation of workers – domestically and overseas – to power its unlawful weapons programs,” said Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield.
The U.S. and Australia are working not only with one another, but also through revitalized and new coalitions.
The Indo-Pacific is critical because the Indo-Pacific fuels much of the world's economic growth and will be the epicenter of 21st century geopolitics, said Ambassador Kritenbrink.
“Given Assad’s shameful record, the Security Council must remain deeply engaged on humanitarian matters in Syria,” said U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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