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DEPARTMENT OF STATE WEEK AHEAD PUBLIC SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 23-29, 2018
The Department of State’s Office of Press Relations for the 73nd United Nations General Assembly will be at the Palace Hotel Room 3819 and can be reached at (202) 485-1959. To access the Palace Hotel Guest Elevators to 3819, members of the press should present press credentials. Briefings to the press will take place in Room 3818 throughout the week. For more information about media access to events at the United Nations, please call the UN Office of Media Accreditation (212) 963-6934. Please note that the schedule is subject to change.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
5:00 p.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
**** Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Carol T. O’Connell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics Affairs Kirsten Madison, and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Secretary Pompeo follows President Trump’s schedule.
8:15 a.m. Secretary Pompeo attends President Trump’s meeting on the Global Call to Action on the World Drug Problem at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS)
Time TBC Secretary Pompeo attends a diplomatic reception hosted by President Donald Trump on the occasion of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE WHITE HOUSE)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN SULLIVAN
9:30 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan attends the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
11:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan co-hosts a meeting on stepping up action to end forced labor, modern slavery and human trafficking, at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DAVID HALE
9:45 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hale participates in a Libya Ministerial, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with European Union Political Directors, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Affairs Mark Gwozdecky, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in New York City. (CLOSED PESS COVERAGE)
**** Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Carol T. O’Connell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement and Narcotics Affairs Kirsten Madison, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk, and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Secretary Pompeo follows President Trump’s schedule.
Time TBC Secretary Pompeo attends President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS)
Time TBC Secretary Pompeo joins President Donald Trump at a Head of Delegation Luncheon hosted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS)
4:00 p.m. Secretary Pompeo delivers remarks at the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit at the Westin Grand Central Hotel, in New York City. (OPEN PRESS)
6:00 p.m. Secretary Pompeo attends a reception hosted by President Donald Trump and Ambassador Nikki Haley for UN Security Council members at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS)
7:00 p.m. Secretary Pompeo hosts a dinner for EU partners at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN SULLIVAN
6:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan participates in a Lima Group Meeting at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
8:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan attends a G-7 Ministerial Dinner at the residence of the Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DAVID HALE
9:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UN Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Kohler, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
11:00 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with G7 Political Directors, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:45 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
**** USAID Administrator Mark Green, Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Carol T. O’Connell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk, and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Secretary Pompeo follows President Trump’s schedule.
7:45 a.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with the AU High-level Ad Hoc Committee on South Sudan at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
Time TBC Secretary Pompeo attends President Donald Trump’s UN Security Council meeting on counterproliferation at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS)
5:30 p.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN SULLIVAN
9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan participates in the Global Counter Terrorism Forum Ministerial at the Roosevelt Hotel, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
6:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan attends a reception with European and UN Partners at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DAVID HALE
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Yemeni Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
10:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with European External Action Service Secretary General Helga Schmid, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale participates in a Yemen Quad Ministerial, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
3:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Papua New Guinean Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
4:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
**** USAID Administrator Mark Green, Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Carol T. O’Connell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, Ambassador-at- Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
Secretary Pompeo follows President Trump’s morning schedule.
8:00 a.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with the permanent members of the UN Security Council at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
10:30 a.m. Secretary Pompeo chairs a meeting on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea with members of the UN Security Council at the United Nations, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
2:50 p.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the United Nations, in New York City. (MEDIA DETERMINED BY HOST)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN SULLIVAN
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan hosts a roundtable with foreign ministers from Pacific Island countries at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
2:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan hosts an ASEAN Ministerial meeting at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
5:30 p.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan meets with foreign ministers from Caribbean Community countries at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED PRESS COVERAGE OF OPENING REMARKS)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DAVID HALE
9:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
12:20 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
**** Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Carol T. O’Connell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, Ambassador Michael Kozak of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy Ambassador-at-Large Deborah L. Birx attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
8:00 a.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council at the Palace Hotel, New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
10:20 a.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with South African FM Lindiwe Sisulu at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
1:50 p.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (MEDIA TBD)
3:00 p.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP)
DEPUTY SECRETARY JOHN SULLIVAN
10:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Sullivan hosts a ministerial meeting on Advancing Responsible State Behavior in Cyber at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (POOLED PRESS COVERAGE OF OPENING REMARKS)
UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS DAVID HALE
11:30 a.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
2:30 p.m. Under Secretary Hale meets with Italian Political Director Sebastiano Cardi, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
**** Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs A. Wess Mitchell, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Patrick Murphy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, and Ambassador Michael Kozak of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
SECRETARY MICHAEL R. POMPEO
9:15 a.m. Secretary Pompeo meets with President of the Red Cross Peter Maurer at the Palace Hotel, in New York City. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)
**** Acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Francisco (Paco) Palmieri, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kevin Moley, and Ambassador Michael Kozak of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor attend meetings and events surrounding the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City.
*FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY / NOT FOR REPORTING OR DISSEMINATION*