Washington, DC - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Argentine Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich to discuss continued cooperation in a number of security-related areas, including combating transnational organized crime, law enforcement collaboration, and information sharing.

Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s Special Representative for Global Partnerships Andrew O’Brien, in collaboration with Invest Northern Ireland, will lead a delegation of U.S. investors, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and representatives from academia to Belfast and Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland from February 29 - March 4, 2016.

New York - West Africa is celebrating today the first anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration on the eradication of statelessness. The Declaration, adopted on 25 February 2015 by the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the occasion of a ministerial conference organized by the United Nations High Commissioner and ECOWAS, contains 25 commitments. It underlines, among other things, the vital need for the States to ensure that everyone within the region has a recognized nationality.

Washington, DC - Following yesterday’s joint statement announcing the terms for a cessation of hostilities in Syria, we continue to work through the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) to build on recent steps, foster an environment to resume negotiations, and work towards the larger goal of ending this conflict through a political transition, in accordance with the Geneva Communique of 2012.

Washington, DC - The United States welcomes the February 23 endorsement for the Cabinet of the Government of National Accord, signed by a majority of Libyan House of Representatives members. We strongly support these courageous Libyan leaders as they move ahead with forming the Government of National Accord.

Darmstadt, Germany - Software AG today, announced that DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, selected Software AG’s Digital Business Platform to underpin their ability to provide off-the-shelf, planet-wide imagery for defense, intelligence, and commercial enterprises.