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Ambassador Susan Rice at Security Council Stakeout / UN Image

Crisis in Syria

"The briefing we received on Syria was alarming by any standard...a clear indication that the government of Syria, rather than using the opportunity of its commitment to the Arab League to end the violence and fulfill all of its commitments under the protocol, is instead stepping up the violence"

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

President Barack Obama speaking at the Pentagon

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership

“We need a smart, strategic set of priorities. The new guidance that the Defense Department is releasing today does just that…We’ve come together today around an approach that will keep our nation safe and our military the finest that the world have ever known.”

-- President Barack Obama

USUN's Top Photos of 2011 / USUN Image

The Year in Photos

From Tripoli to Twitter HQ to Juba, 2011 was an extraordinary year for the United Nations and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. USUN presents its Top 10 photos from a year of remarkable challenge and change. Follow Ambassador Rice on Facebook and Twitter for more on our work at the UN.

General Assembly Hears Reports of Second Committee / UN Image

U.S. Negotiates More Efficient, More Effective UN Budget

“Every dollar sent to the United Nations represents the hard work of a taxpayer somewhere, and every dollar wasted in the United Nations is in fact a wasted opportunity to build a safer, freer, and more prosperous world.”

– Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella

USUN FACT SHEET: Passage of the 2012-13 Fifth Committee Regular Budget

Ambassador Susan E. Rice in Libya

"Extraordinary Contributions" to Save Lives in Libya

“…we looked back on the remarkable progress that has been made in Libya and the extraordinary contributions that the actions of the Arab League, the Security Council, NATO and partners made to saving civilian lives in Libya.”

- Ambassador Susan E. Rice

Representing the United States at the United Nations

Thu, January 05

President Obama Outlines a New Global Military Strategy: a major shift in the nation's strategic military objectives -- with a goal of moving away from the expansive wars

Tue, December 20

Homecoming for the Final U.S. Forces Iraq Troops: “I am truly humbled by your service and your many, many sacrifices,”

Mon, December 19

Announcing the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security: improving the UN’s capacity to combat sexual violence

01/11/12 Remarks at the Security Council Briefing on Somalia; United States Ambassador and Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs Jeffrey DeLaurentis
01/11/12 Remarks by Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, After Security Council; Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rosemary A. DiCarlo, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
01/10/12 Remarks at the Security Council Stakeout on Syria; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
12/29/11 FACT SHEET: Passage of the Fifth Committee Regular Budget for the 2012-2013 Biennium

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