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    Transnational Organized Crime

    Brian A. Nichols delivers the US Opening Statement to the Sixth Conference of the Parties, UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, October 15, 2012

  • U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu

    IAEA General Conference

    Dr. Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy, delivered the U.S. national statement to the IAEA General Conference on September 17, 2012

  • Visit at the IAEA Monaco Labs

    Visit to IAEA Monaco Laboratory

    Charge d’Affaires Robert Wood visits the IAEA’s Marine Environment Studies Laboratory in Monaco, accompanied by the Lab’s Director, Dr. Maria Betti.

  • Women, Water and Wells

    Women, Water and Wells

    The U.S. Mission has partnered with the Fowler Museum to present the work of photographer Gil Garcetti at the Vienna International Center from July 9th to 20th, 2012

  • Police officers demonstrating their work techniques

    Combating International Crime

    UNODC's Mounia Ben Hammou participated in the Department of State's International Visitor's Leadership Program.

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  • Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Statement by the United States of America to the Thirty-Ninth Session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission, October 22, 2012

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  • Sixth session of Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime to be held in Vienna
    Sixth session of Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime to be held in Vienna

    Progress in international efforts to address transnational organized crime will be the focus of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime, to be held in Vienna from 15 to 19 October. The United States will be represented by a delegation under the leadership of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian Nichols from the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.  

  • NRC Chairman Allison Macfarlane on an archive picture. Credit: NRC
    NRC Chairman Says Safety Culture Critical to Improving Safety

    U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Allison Macfarlane on Monday said in Vienna that safety culture is among the key lessons of the Fukushima tragedy and told international regulators the United States is beginning the process of transitioning implementation of its post-Fukushima efforts into the daily routine of reactor regulation.  

  • View over Vienna, Austria with the UN Office to the right. Image: U.S. State Department.
    Extraordinary Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety

    Following the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in March of 2011, the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety made the decision to hold an extraordinary meeting to study and review lessons learned from the accident and to further enhance the effectiveness of the Convention. This extraordinary meeting takes place from August 27 to August 31.  

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  • Trafficking in Persons Report 2012
    Trafficking in Persons Report 2012

    The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it.

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