Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Upcoming: On Hillary Clinton's Agenda

Busy times coming up! Two big events tomorrow, one Thursday, and travel next week. The pictures are from her meeting today with Bulgarian FM Nickolay Mladenov and have nothing to do with these future events, but I thought I would share them here anyway.

Secretary Clinton and Georgian Prime Minister Gilauri to Deliver Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership Omnibus Meeting on October 6


Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
October 5, 2010


Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri will deliver opening remarks at the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership Omnibus Meeting on Wednesday, October 6 at approximately 9:45 a.m. in the Loy Henderson Auditorium of the Department of State. This is the second meeting of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission, established by the signing of a Charter in January 2009. Immediately prior to the Strategic Partnership meeting, Secretary Clinton and Prime Minister Gilauri will hold a bilateral meeting, at the Department of State.

Secretary Clinton and Prime Minister Gilauri’s remarks at the beginning of the Strategic Partnership meeting will be open to credentialed members of the media.

Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the 12th Annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit on October 6


Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
October 5, 2010


Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks at the 12th Annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 6, at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, D.C.

The event will be open to credentialed members of the media and Secretary Clinton’s remarks will be livestreamed on www.state.gov.

Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the Launch of the mWomen Initiative with Cherie Blair and GSMA on October 7


Washington, DC
October 5, 2010


Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Former British First Lady Cherie Blair will deliver remarks on the international support for increasing women’s access to mobile technology on Thursday, October 7 at 11:00 a.m. in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State.

The event will launch the mWomen Initiative, a joint project by the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and the GSMA Development Fund to promote mobile technologies as tools for women’s empowerment and international development. For more information on the work behind the initiative, click here.

Secretary Clinton and Cherie Blair will be joined by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer and GSMA CEO Rob Conway. Other participants include leaders from the mobile communications industry, the private sector, international development community, women’s organizations, and philanthropic foundations.

Remarks by Secretary Clinton and Cherie Blair will be open to credentialed members of the media.

Secretary Clinton to Travel to the Balkans and Brussels


Philip J. Crowley
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Public Affairs
Washington, DC
October 5, 2010


Secretary of State Clinton will travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, and Brussels from October 11 to 14.

The Secretary will meet with government and civic leaders, and citizens to highlight the continued U.S. commitment to support all the Balkan states in achieving their aspirations for full integration into the European and Euro-Atlantic community. In Brussels, she will participate in the NATO ministerial and hold meetings with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and with High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton.