Secretary Clinton to Travel to Germany, Lithuania, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands
Media Note
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCDecember 5, 2011
On December 4-8, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will travel to Germany, Lithuania, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In Bonn, Germany, Secretary Clinton will lead the United States’ high-level, interagency delegation to the International Conference for Afghanistan on December 5. The Bonn Conference, the first of its kind to be chaired solely by the Afghan government, will be an opportunity to review progress achieved since 2001 and highlight the strong international support for Afghanistan through transition and beyond. In Bonn, the government of Afghanistan and the international community will engage in mutual commitments to secure the gains already achieved and pave the way for an increasingly self-sustainable Afghanistan.
The Secretary will then travel December 6 to Vilnius, Lithuania, where she will participate in the OSCE ministerial, as well as meet with Lithuanian officials and with Belarusian and a wide range of other civil society representatives from across the OSCE region.
On December 6, the Secretary will visit Geneva, Switzerland to deliver remarks commemorating International Human Rights Day, which falls later that week. On December 7 in Geneva, she will speak at the ministerial event commemorating the 60th and 50th anniversaries of the Refugee and Statelessness conventions. The Secretary will also deliver the U.S. national statement at the Biological and Toxin Weapons (BWC) Review Conference, where we hope to revitalize international efforts against biological threats.
Later that day, the Secretary will travel to Brussels, Belgium, for ministerial-level meetings of the North Atlantic Council, the NATO-Russia Council, and with ISAF partners to discuss Afghanistan on December 7-8.
The Secretary will conclude her trip with a December 8 visit to The Hague, the Netherlands, where she will deliver the keynote address at the opening of a ministerial conference on Internet freedom that will launch a cross-regional, multi-stakeholder coalition committed to promoting the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly online.
Hillary Clinton: Wheels Up for Europe
December 4, 2011 by still4hill
She never stops! I hope she gets a long holiday break to spend with her family.
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I believe this is exactly the way it went last year (haven’t checked), too. She landed on Friday, hosted the dinner Saturday, and left again on Sunday. My head spins just thinking about it!
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She got less than 48 hours at home, part of which was taken up with the gala. I hope that she managed to get some rest before heading off again.
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I just checked last December. She flew in from Central Asia and hosted this event, but then stayed in DC to a very heavy week. She always manages to look lovely at these dinners despite the heavy travel schedule. I think part of it is being at a fun event with her guy! You can see the pride in his face.
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At least they get a couple of hours together even if it is in a crowd of people.
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It looks like they enjoyed themselves. I think WJC is overjoyed any time he can participate in ANY event with the SOS!
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Even so, I’m sure he’d prefer a bilateral meeting.
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I’m sure they slipped out and had one of those, too.
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lol!
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For those who wish to light candles: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=hrc
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