Baghdad, 15 May, 2003 Good afternoon. Before I take your questions, Id like to make a few comments. Im delighted to be in Iraq. President Bush sent me to help the Iraqi people retake and […]

Accra, 27 June– West African mediators negotiated a fresh ceasefire in the Liberian civil war on Friday and hinted that a special African summit would be called to give a fresh impetus to negotiations on […]

Washington, 25 June– In his June 25 address to the U.S. Institute of Peace, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf outlined his goals for the future of Pakistan: a country at peace, strengthened by democracy, with economic […]

Washington, 28 June– The United States welcomed the June 27 agreement in principle between Israel and the Palestinians that would transfer security responsibilities in Gaza from the Israeli military to Palestinian security forces. A White […]

Washington, 28 June– Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz says remnants of the Iraqi Ba’athist Party ”are out to undermine the reconstruction effort” in Iraq ”and we need to clean them out.” During a June 26 […]

Washington, 28 June– Secretary of State Colin Powell said that Ambassador Paul Bremer, the U.S. Special Envoy to Iraq, hopes to put in place a political committee of Iraqi leaders by the middle of July […]

Washington, 28 June– Both Ugandan Ambassador Edith Ssempala and former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Princeton Lyman agreed that President Bush’s impending visit to Africa sends a strong signal that America supports nations making genuine […]

Maputo, 28 June– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warmly welcomed the first shipment of 16,000 tons of South African maize, which will help the agency continue to provide urgent aid for thousands […]