Desirée Cormier Smith is the U.S. State Department’s first Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice.(Credit: state.gov) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Desirée Cormier Smith has been appointed as the U.S. State Department’s first Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice, the department
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin announced today that President Joe Biden approved an additional $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine including 18 more 155 mm M777 towed howitzers. Austin convened the third meeting of the Ukraine Defense
Syrians and Iraq refugees arrive at Skala Sykamias Lesvos Greece October 2015 (Credit Wikipedia) By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KIGALI, RWANDA – A dramatic last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights late Tuesday forced the United Kingdom to cancel
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Molly Phee meets with Kenya Deputy President William Ruto at the State Department, Washington DC. Mar. 3, 2022 |Courtesy| Twitter| By Gary Raynaldo – DIPLOMATIC TIMES Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee called on
President Joe Biden named Jane Hartley as his U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Credit: twitter.com/usambuk) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES President Biden has chosen Jane Hartley to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Britain. Madame Hartley, 72-years-old, is a diplomat who was the American
(Photo by Atwine Allen / ©Diplomatic Times) Elephant at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. By Atwine Allen – DIPLOMATIC TIMES CORRESPONDENT KAMPALA, UGANDA – The United States is offering rewards of up to $1 million each for information leading to the arrests
Flag-map of Switzerland (Credit: Wikipedia) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Switzerland was elected on Thursday to a seat on the UN Security Council during voting in the General Assembly. Five countries have been elected to serve as non-permanent
Flag of Republic of Mozambique (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – The Republic of Mozambique has won a seat on the powerful United Nations Security Council for 2023/24. Mozambique secured 192 votes in the 192-nation
(Credit: MINUSMA/Blagoje Grujic) UN peacekeepers on patrol in Kidal, Mali. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Mali remains locked in a dangerous, “endless cycle of instability” amid a military coup, delay of return to civilian rule, on-going extremist attacks,
(Photo by Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times) Csaba Kőrösi, President-elect of the Seventy-Seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly briefs the press after being elected at UN world head quarters in New York June 07, 2022. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES UNITED NATIONS