Secretary Clinton To Address the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012)
Notice to the Press
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJuly 17, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will address the opening plenary session at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the Washington Convention Center, Session Room 1.
The International AIDS Conference is the biennial gathering of AIDS scientists, international policymakers, implementers and people living with AIDS from around the world. AIDS 2012 will take place July 22 - 27 in Washington, D.C. The return of the conference to the U.S. after 22 years is the result of the U.S. government’s elimination of HIV-related entry restrictions.
Secretary Clinton’s remarks will be streamed live at www.kff.org/aids2012. Additional State Department officials will also participate in AIDS 2012 and related events, including Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, who will speak at The Global Fund: The Next 5 Years on Thursday, July 26 at 4:30 p.m. Ambassador Melanne Verveer of the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues and Executive Director of the Secretary’s Global Health Initiative Lois Quam will speak at an event on Turning the Tide for Women at the Museum of Women in the Arts on Wednesday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m.
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby, who leads the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will participate in a variety of sessions throughout the conference. For a complete list of events in which the U.S. Government is participating, visit AIDS.gov. A complete conference program can be found at AIDS2012.org.
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Secretary Clinton To Keynote the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Forward-Looking Symposium on Genocide Prevention
Notice to the Press
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJuly 20, 2012
On Tuesday, July 24, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver the keynote address at “Imagine the Unimaginable: A Symposium on Ending Genocide in the 21st Century” presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in cooperation with the Council on Foreign Relations and CNN. The symposium will explore the challenges of preventing genocide in the 21st Century.
Symposium participants will include senior leaders from government, think tanks, business, academia, philanthropy, and the genocide prevention field, as well as the next generation of young leaders. Topics will include how emerging global trends such as economic uncertainty, political upheaval, resource scarcity, population migration, new technologies, and other factors could impact at-risk populations, and will explore innovative strategies for genocide prevention and response.
The Museum will also unveil the results of a large-scale public opinion poll that will provide new insight into Americans’ attitudes towards genocide and prevention, including their perspectives on whether and how the U.S. should engage in recent situations such as Syria and Sudan.
The event will be held between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. with Secretary Clinton’s remarks at approximately 9:30 a.m. at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for more information at www.ushmm.org/endgenocide.
The symposium will be streamed live at act.ushmm.org/endgenocide and www.state.gov.
