She also read an e-mail message from a young woman from Kentucky, which votes on May 20 and where Mrs. Clinton is favored to win.
Revealingly, Mrs Clinton made her Virginian concession speech from Texas—a state which votes alongside Ohio on March 4th and is already being billed as her last stand.
In addition to presiding over a drawn-out and messy prospective split from Europe, May also will have to contend with separatist rumblings from Scotland, which voted in favor of staying in the EU, and may seek to bolt the United Kingdom if Brexit comes to fruition.
Condemning Mr Mugabe's policy of forced removals of people from areas which voted for the opposition, Mr Straw said it was "of serious international concern".
Western diplomats have long been pushing for such a resolution, but it was held up by resistance from Russia and China, which voted for it Saturday.
"From the beginning, we have had tremendous support from our membership, which voted more than 80percentt in favor of hosting this wonderful event".
Ms. White won broad support last month from the Senate Banking Committee, which voted 21-to-1 vote in her favor.
The secretary spoke after a session with envoys from the European Union, which voted a week ago to expand its membership and deepen its involvement in defense issues.
But not without opposition from Community Board 8, which voted Wednesday against recommending major parts of the plan to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The move reopened a seven-month battle and followed opposition from the European Parliament, which voted against Yves Mersch, the leader of Luxembourg's central bank, because it wants more women in the higher echelons of the European Union.
