DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLIC SCHEDULE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
PUBLIC SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013

SECRETARY JOHN KERRY
Secretary Kerry attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

DEPUTY SECRETARY BILL BURNS
Deputy Secretary Burns attends meetings and briefings, at the Department of State.

UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WENDY SHERMAN
Under Secretary Sherman is on foreign travel to Geneva, Switzerland to lead the U.S. delegations to the P5+1 talks with Iran as well as a UN-hosted meeting on Syria. 

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN AFFAIRS NISHA DESAI BISWAL
12:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal delivers remarks at a luncheon of the Business Council for International Understanding, in Washington D.C.
3:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with Parliamentarians from Kyrgyzstan, at the Department of State.
5:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Biswal meets with World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Laura Tuck, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY WILLIAM CRAFT
2:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Craft meets with the Organization for Economic Cooperative and Development (OECD) Legal Affairs Director Nicola Bonucci, at the State Department.
6:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Craft attends a dinner in honor of King Mohammed VI of Morocco, hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco Salaheddine Mezouar, in Washington, DC.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS ROBERTA JACOBSON
9:30 a.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Enrique Castillo, at the Department of State.
12:45 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson meets with Peruvian Foreign Minister Eda Rivas, in Washington, DC.
4:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Jacobson attends the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador-designate to the Dominican Republic James “Wally” Brewster, at the Department of State.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS DEAN PITTMAN
9:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Pittman meets with UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Qian Tang, at UNESCO Headquarters, in Paris France.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS EVAN RYAN
2:00 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan attends the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, at the White House.
3:30 p.m. Assistant Secretary Ryan attends a meeting, at the White House.

ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR UZRA ZEYA
10:30 a.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Office Ambassador Johnny Young, at the Department of State.
4:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya meets with the Chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria Paulo Pinheiro, at the Department of State.
6:00 p.m. Acting Assistant Secretary Zeya attends a dinner in honor of King Mohammed VI of Morocco, hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Morocco Salaheddine Mezouar, in Washington, D.C.

OFFICE OF GLOBAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE-STEPHEN RAPP
Ambassador Rapp co-leads the U.S. observer delegation to the ICC Assembly of State Parties (ASP) through November 29 at The Hague.

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS DREW O’BRIEN
Special Representative O’Brien is on foreign travel to Istanbul, Turkey to attend the 2013 Partners for a New Beginning Summit.