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Determination of the Secretary of State on Atrocities in Xinjiang
Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State January 19, 2021 The United States of America has led the world in holding the perpetrators of the most heinous human rights abuses accountable. From the Nuremberg Trials, to the creation of the Genocide Convention in 1948, to the declaration of ISIS’s recent genocide against the Yazidis, Christians, and other religious ... Read More»
United States and Turkey Sign Cultural Property Agreement
Today, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey David Satterfield and Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding that protects Turkish cultural property. Read More»
Ambassador Satterfield’s Remarks on the Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to Protect Turkish Cultural Property
In a ceremony at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara on January 19, 2021, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey David Satterfield and Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, signed an agreement to prevent the trafficking of Turkish archeological and ethnological materials. Read More»