DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

Secretary Kerry has no public events scheduled.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT ROBERT HORMATS

8:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends breakfast meeting with AFL-CLO Delegation, in Paris France. 

10:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats holds a press interview, at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Media briefing room, in Paris, France.

10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the OECD Ministerial – Keynote address in Paris, France.

11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the OECD Ministerial – Economic Outlook in Paris, France.

12:45 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the New Approaches to Economic Challenges working lunch in Paris, France.

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the OECD Ministerial – Jobs, Equality and Trust in Paris, France.

3:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends as a panelist at the OECD Forum – The Enterprising State in Paris, France.

7:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hormats attends the Ministerial Dinner (“The Comeback of Politics”) in Paris, France.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TARA SONENSHINE

12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends the National Democratic Institute’s annual Madeleine K. Albright Women's Luncheon in Washington, D.C.

6:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sonenshine attends an “Evening with Geena Davis” hosted by former Senator Chris Dodd and the Motion Picture Association of America in Washington, DC.

CHIEF OF PROTOCOL AMBASSADOR CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL

3:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall participates in the Women in Diplomacy Series, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m. Ambassador Marshall attends a reception hosted by the spouse of the Ambassador of Norway to the United States, the Reverend Dr. Cecilie J. Strommen, in Washington, D.C.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS RICK BARTON
Assistant Secretary Barton is on travel to California May 28-30. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS ROBERT BLAKE

10:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with the Ambassador of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the United States Ilhom Nematov at the Department of State.

11:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States Jaliya Wickramasuriya at the Department of State.

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Blake meets with the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United States Kairat Umarov at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS EstHER BRIMMER

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Brimmer attends the National Democratic Institute’s annual Madeleine K. Albright Women's Luncheon in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS JOSE FERNANDEZ
Assistant Secretary Fernandez is on official travel May 19-31 to Mexico City, Mexico; Ankara, Turkey; Dhaka, Bangladesh; and Madrid, Spain. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
Assistant Secretary Jacobson accompanies Vice President Biden on foreign travel. 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

11:00 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Uzra Zeya meets with representatives of Human Rights First and Human Rights Watch at the Department of State.
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SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS RETA JO LEWIS

3:00 p.m. Special Representative Lewis participates in the Women in Diplomacy Series, at the Blair House in Washington, D.C.

SPECIAL ENVOY TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IRA FORMAN

Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Ira Forman is attending the 4^th International Conference of the Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism from May 28-30 in Jerusalem.