President Obama announced the creation of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships on the 17th day of the President’s new Administration. Since then, our Office has been pretty busy! I thought it’d be helpful to give you a little context on what we’ve been up to. Our office is situated within the […]
It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more open and transparent if we went ahead and published what our focus will be for the day, along with any related articles, documents, or reports. Supporting report: "Health Care […]
On Sunday, I joined a group of young Arab women at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) to discuss the importance of educational opportunities and the value of public service for women in countries around the world. I stressed the benefits to the security and development of every society that come from […]
Click here to see the video. "Well, we have come to call each other Barack and Yukio," said Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan in a joint press conference after the first meetings of President Obama’s trip to Asia. The Prime Minister went on to discuss the almost infinite range of issues on which our […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Washington, D.C., from New York on Monday evening, 9 November. On Tuesday morning, the Secretary-General met with the White House climate change team at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, ahead of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, in December 2009. In the afternoon, he met with the President […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November: The African economy, like the rest of the world economy, continues to feel the impact of the global economic and financial crisis. United Nations figures indicate that the world economy is poised for recovery, but for Africa to benefit, […]
While progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had been slow, the country was moving in the right direction and needed sustained efforts from its leadership, as well as the continuing support of the international community, said Ross Mountain, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for the country. Speaking this […]
Without adequate security or resources for education, young women and men in refugee camps would turn to prostitution or violence, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Chad said at a Headquarters press conference today. Michele Falavigna, reporting on the humanitarian situation in Chad after his first three months, said the country had […]
Last week Vice President Biden hosted a panel of experts to highlight the unique challenges facing the middle class in our 21st century global economy. One thing we heard over and over again is that work-family balance is a real challenge for most middle class Americans. For the millions of American workers who lack paid […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message for the International Year of Biodiversity (2010), the initial celebrations for which begin today, 9 November 2009: Over the past half-century, human activities have caused an unprecedented decline in biological diversity. Species are going extinct a thousand times faster than the natural rate — a loss now being […]
