Ambassador Susan E. Rice speaking at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs and the Center on International Cooperation, “A New Course in the World, a New Approach at the UN”, August 12, 2009

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Statement Highlights
The United States notes with profound concern that these aid workers are facing increasing threats in the form of violent acts. Many of them pay the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives while conducting selfless work.
- 08/19/2009 Ambassador Susan E. Rice
Aung San Suu Kyi’s conviction is a violation of universal principles of human rights. The Burmese regime should immediately and unconditionally release her and the more than 2,100 other political prisoners currently being held.
- 08/13/2009 Ambassador Susan E. Rice
Six months into the new Administration, as we look ahead to the opening of the 64th General Assembly next month, many of my colleagues on the President’s national security team have been outlining how their departments and organizations are implementing the President’s national security strategy.
- 08/12/2009 Ambassador Susan E. Rice
On September 24th, the United States intends to convene a head of state-level meeting of the UN Security Council on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament during the U.S. Presidency of the Council.
- 08/04/2009 Ambassador Susan E. Rice
This Treaty, as you all know, is the first new human rights convention of the 21st century adopted by the United Nations and further advances the human rights of the 650 million people with disabilities worldwide.
- 07/30/2009 Ambassador Susan Rice and White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett at the U.S. Signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
I am particularly pleased to make my first appearance on the Hill as U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN to discuss an issue that has enjoyed such strong bipartisan support for more than sixty years.
- 07/29/2009 Ambassador Susan E. Rice