DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry is on foreign travel to Muscat, Oman and Amman, Jordan. Secretary Kerry is accompanied by Spokesperson Psaki, Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, National Security Staff Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Prem Kumar, and VADM Harry B. Harris, Jr., JCS. 

10:15 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Omani Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi in Muscat, Oman.

3:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman, Jordan.

4:10 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

4:50 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry holds a press availability with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan.

7:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Kerry participates in the London Eleven Plenary and Working Dinner

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS8:45 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns delivers remarks at the U.S.-New Zealand Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State.

11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell at the Department of State.

12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns attends a meeting at the White House.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Jakarta, Indonesia.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats meets with Thomas J. Donohue, Jr. Founder of Adelphi Capital LLC at the State Department.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine addresses participants of the EMPOWER Disability Rights International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) conference at the Department of State.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

2:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall hosts a farewell reception honoring the departing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Choi Youngjin, at Blair House.

4:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall delivers remarks at a discussion entitled “Culinary Diplomacy Across Borders: Highlighting the Importance of Nutrition” at the Meridian International Center.

6:30 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception celebrating the Republic Day of Azerbaijan hosted by the Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan, His Excellency Elin Suleymanov, in Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception celebrating the Republic Day of Nepal hosted by the Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, His Excellency Shankar Prasad Sharma, in Washington, D.C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICHARD BARTON

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Rick Barton participates in a roundtable event to discuss Jordan and Egypt at the Council on Foreign Relations.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends the Hague Convention Anniversary Celebration at the U.S. Department of State Marshall Conference Center.

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake attends a reception for Nepal National Republic Day at the Nepal Embassy.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS ESTHER BRIMMER

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer meets with New Zealand Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Multilateral Issues Gerard Van Bohemen at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ

Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on foreign travel to Ankara, Turkey, until May 24, leading the U.S. delegation to the 10^thU.S.–Turkey Economic Partnership Commission meeting, and Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Madrid, Spain.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON

4:15 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson hosts a conference call with U.S. chiefs of mission from the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES
Assistant Secretary Jones is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland from May 20 through 22 and Galway, Ireland from May 23 through 25. 

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS THOMAS KELLY8:45 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Kelly joins Deputy Secretary Burns at the U.S.-New Zealand Strategic Dialogue at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION ANNE CLAIRE RICHARD
Assistant Secretary Richard is on foreign travel to Ecuador and Colombia through May 23. Please click here for more information.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS JOSEPH YUN
Acting Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Yun is on foreign travel to Indonesia, Brunei, and Vietnam May 20-29 for bilateral and multilateral meetings with senior officials.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA

9:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya meets with Marianne Gasser, Head of Delegation for Syria for the International Committee of the Red Cross at the Department of State.

11:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya participates in a meeting with civil society supporters of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratification at the Department of State.

2:15 pm Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya meets with U.S. Ambassador Derek Mitchell to Burma at the Department of State.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LUIS CDEBACA

Ambassador CdeBaca is on foreign travel to Berlin, Germany for the National Rapporteurs on Trafficking in Persons Conference.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE TO OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp is on foreign travel to Uganda to attend official meetings regarding global criminal justice issues.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS
8:30 a.m. Special Representative Lewis speaks at the 10th Annual Executive Women in Government Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IRA FORMAN

Special Envoy Forman is on foreign travel to Poland to visit historical Holocaust sites with an international group of imams.