DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2014

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

9:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry delivers remarks to the East Asia Pacific Bureau Chiefs of Mission, at the Department of State.

10:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry testifies on the budget before the House Appropriations Committee on Foreign Operations, on Capitol Hill.

1:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the Department of State.

2:45 p.m. Secretary Kerry participates in President Obama’s meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the White House.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS

Deputy Secretary Burns participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

4:15 p.m. Deputy Secretary Burns meets with Tajikistan Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

Deputy Secretary Higginbottom participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

USAID ADMINISTRATOR RAJ SHAH

Administrator Shah attends meetings and briefings, at USAID.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN

Under Secretary Sherman participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATHERINE NOVELLI

8:00 a.m. Under Secretary Novelli meets with General Electric’s Vice Chairman John Rice and Vice President Karan Bhatia, in Washington, DC.

Under Secretary Novelli participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS RICHARD STENGEL

5:00 p.m. Under Secretary Stengel meets with U.S. Embassy Moscow Deputy Chief of Mission Sheila Gwaltney, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR CIVILIAN SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS SARAH SEWELL

Under Secretary Sewall participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

2:00 p.m. Under Secretary Sewall meets with UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, at the Department of State.

COUNSELOR TOM SHANNON

10:30 a.m. Counselor Shannon meets with Director of Strategic Futures Group at the National Intelligence Council Suzanne Fry, at the Department of State.

3:30 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with President of Manchester Trade Stephen Lande and Vice President of Manchester Trade David Lewis, at the Department of State.

4:30 p.m. Counselor Shannon meets with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde, at the Department of State.

Counselor Shannon participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL

Assistant Secretary Biswal participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

2:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Wadhwani Foundation founder Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, at the Department of State.

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal attends a briefing by U.S. Ambassadors to South and Central Asia, hosted by the Atlantic Council, in Washington DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS CHARLES RIVKIN

4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Rivkin meets with Pfizer Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Roy Waldron, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS KERRI-ANN JONES

2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jones meets with Thailand Ministry of Science Permanent Secretary Dr. Weerapong Pairsuwan, at the Department of State.(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS VICTORIA NULAND

Assistant Secretary Nuland participates in the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Nuland joins Secretary Kerry’s meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POPULATIONS, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION ANNE RICHARD

1:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard meets with UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres, at the Department of State.

6:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Richard attends a dinner hosted by the UN Foundation titled “United Nations: Addressing Crises in South Sudan & Central African Republic,” in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield meets with Prime Minister Hage Geingob of Namibia, at the Department of State.

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield meets with UN Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet, at the Department of State.

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

1:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, in Washington, DC.

5:30 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with members of the World Jewish Congress, at the Department of State.

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

Ambassador Rapp is on travel in Ljubjlana and Brdo, Slovenia, for meetings on international justice issues and to deliver remarks to a session of the Bled Strategic Forum entitled, "Mediation and the Responsibility to Protect: Friends or Foes"

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

Ambassador Russell is on official travel to New York through March 13 to lead the U.S. Delegation to the 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at UN Headquarters. While at CSW, Ambassador Russell will also participate in various side events and bilateral discussion to promote U.S. policy on the advancement of women and girls.