U.S. Department of State Public Schedule: October 19, 2016

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
OCTOBER 19, 2016

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY

11:30 a.m. Secretary Kerry meets with Northern Governors from Nigeria, at the Department of State.

1:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry participates in a ministerial meeting co-chaired by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and their Republic of Korea counterparts Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se and Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.

3:30 p.m. Secretary Kerry participates in a press availability with Republic of Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY ANTONY BLINKEN

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

DEPUTY SECRETARY HEATHER HIGGINBOTTOM

9:00 a.m. Deputy Secretary Higginbottom delivers remarks at an event for the Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year Award, in Courthouse, Virginia.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS TOM SHANNON

8:45 a.m. Under Secretary Shannon delivers remarks at the Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership Conference, at the National Defense University, in Washington, DC.

1:00 p.m. Under Secretary Shannon delivers remarks at the Northern Triangle High Level Dialogue, with representatives from Central America's Northern Triangle – El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – in Washington, DC.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS CARMEN APONTE

1:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Aponte participates in the U.S.-Northern Triangle dialogue with representatives from Central America's Northern Triangle – El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras – at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS SHEBA CROCKER

12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Crocker participates in a roundtable discussion on multilateral engagement, at the Council on Foreign Relations, in Washington, DC.

3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Crocker meets with the Ambassador and Head of the European Union Delegation to the United States David O'Sullivan, at the Department of State.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONFLICT AND STABILIZATION OPERATIONS DAVID M. ROBINSON

Assistant Secretary Robinson is on travel to the Central African Republic, Djibouti, Somalia, and Uganda from October 19 to November 1. Please click here for more information.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DANIEL RUSSEL

1:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Russel participates in a ministerial meeting co-chaired by Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and their Republic of Korea counterparts Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se and Minister of National Defense Han Min-koo, at the Department of State. Please click here for more information.

7:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Russel attends dinner hosted by Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, Ho-Young Ahn, at the Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, DC

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

10:30 a.m. Ambassador Russell chairs a meeting of the Equal Futures Partnership working group, at the Department of State.

6:00 p.m. Ambassador Russell delivers remarks at the launch of the United Nations Population Fund report, “State of the World Population,” in Washington, DC

AMBASSADOR AND SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR HABITAT III NANCY STETSON

Ambassador Stetson is on travel to Quito, Ecuador. Please click here for more information.

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE JONATHAN PERSHING

Special Envoy Pershing is on travel to Marrakesh, Morocco. Please click here for more information.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM COMMUNITIES SHAARIK ZAFAR

Special Representative Zafar is on travel to Kano and Abuja, Nigeria. Please click here for more information.

ACTING SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION ARSALAN SULEMAN

Acting Special Envoy Suleman is on travel to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Please click here for more information.