Every country holds its delicate issues with the care and caution they deserve. The affairs of state have to be always taken good care of, and should not be exposed to everyone. They have to be kept away from the ordinary citizen for the sake of their own welfare. Most of these issues directly touch on the security of citizens, and, therefore, must not be joked with.
In America, the Secretary of state is in charge of such matters. He deals with all foreign affairs; he acts as the main adviser of the president on foreign issues, and also accomplishes the foreign policies developed by the president. Foreign policies include foreign services, civil services and the agency meant to foster international development. He/she does all these activities through the department of state. John Kerry is the current office holder.
The office bearer talks on behalf of his country in tackling various key issues in most affairs of the world. In days the recent past, he has presented the opinions of his country on matters like the Syrian, Iranian, Somali and Russian wars. He has also addressed the same problems in many other countries. In addition to these, he continues to give what the US thinks about same sex marriages, FGM, global warming and the MDGs.
This office also has the duty of establishing good relationship between the US and each country in this world. This objective is usually achieved through giving assistance; both financial and non-financial to nations that may be in need of such assistance. It is through such cooperation that good relationship sprouts.
This office equally addresses energy environmental and economic affairs. The most common economic affairs addressed by this office range from food security, climate change, trade policies and programs, small businesses that lack resources and science and technology, .
under the arms control and international security sector, the office handles security control, ways of countering terrorism, defense trade controls, diplomatic security, designing anti-narcotic laws, political-military affairs and many more activities. Most of these activities in this area are meant to ensure that peace prevails in this whole world, and not just in America. This office also deals with civilian security and democracy where they look at conflict and stabilization, countering international terrorism, global criminal justice, human trafficking, women issues and other issues mostly similar to those addressed under internal security.
Under public diplomacy, the office looks at many other issues that include daily press briefings, press releases, registration and updating of events, programs on international information, public affairs, education, culture, history and foreign relations among many other functions. This category of activities is made of the main events meant to foster international co-existence and cooperation.
The last category of activities carried out by this department is the assistance and development department. This department is responsible for keeping all the resources of the US foreign assistance sector. It is also home for the office of global health diplomacy, the United States of America Agency for International Development and the AIDS relief. All the assistance given by the country to different needy people all over the world is authorized by this department.
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