DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

12:15 p.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks at the Economist World Ocean Summit via video teleconference. 

12:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague participate in a discussion on ending sexual violence and conflict with Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Cathy Russell, UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura, and moderated by Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth, at the Department of State.

2:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns is on travel to Istanbul, Turkey from February 24 through February 26 where he will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Under Secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu to discuss a broad range of bilateral and regional issues.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

Deputy Secretary Higginbottom attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah is on travel to Nepal and Burma from February 24 through February 28.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman is on travel to Jerusalem, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai from February 21 through February 25 for consultations on a broad range of regional and bilateral issues.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON

1:00 p.m. Counselor Shannon attends a meeting, at the Office of the Director for National Intelligence.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NONPROLIFERATION TOM COUNTRYMAN

Assistant Secretary Countryman participates in the G8 Nonproliferation Directors Group meeting through February 27, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND

12:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Nuland joins Secretary Kerry’s meeting with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN

10:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman delivers remarks to the Foreign Service Institute Middle East Studies class on UN activities in the Middle East and North Africa, at the Foreign Service Institute.

3:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with European Union Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN

10:00 a.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan delivers remarks at the fourth annual Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program’s Civic Education Workshop, at the Department of State.

5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan attends the 2014 Awards Ceremony for the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

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

Ambassador CdeBaca is on travel to offer testimony about pending anti-trafficking legislation and meet with anti-trafficking advocates and activists, in London, United Kingdom.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP

10:00 a.m. Ambassador Rapp joins a panel discussion on the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal at Georgetown Law Center, in Washington, DC.

5:00 p.m. Ambassador Rapp attends the 2014 Awards Ceremony for the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award at the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES CATHERINE RUSSELL

1:30 p.m. Ambassador Russell joins Secretary Kerry and UK Foreign Secretary William Hague to participate in a discussion on ending sexual violence and conflict with UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura, and moderated by Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth, at the Department of State.