State Newswire News
Engaging Survivors of Human Trafficking
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: Survivor Engagement in the Anti-Trafficking Field: History, Lessons Learned, and Looking Forward.
Risch, Menendez Urge POTUS’ Support for Legitimate Democratic Process in Lebanon
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their concern regarding Lebanon’s ongoing political stalemate. Highlighting the consequences of Lebanon’s ...
McCaul Demands State Declassify Afghanistan Withdrawal After-Action Review
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. On April 6, 2023, the State Department finally took the long overdue step of providing its After- Action Review on the Afghanistan withdrawal to the Committee. The After-Action Review, dated March 2022, is an 87-page document containing numerous unexplained redactions. Despite...
McCaul, Ernst Fight for Accountability in Foreign Aid at USAID
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power demanding answers on the agency’s lackluster stewardship of taxpayer dollars appropriated for humanitarian assistance abroad.
DOS-AFG grant application closes on June 1
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Afghan Alumni Engagement grant opened on April 26.
Notice of Determinations; Culturally Significant Objects Being Imported for Exhibition-Determinations: “Young Picasso in Paris” Exhibition discussed on April 25 by State Department
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The US State Department published a two page notice on April 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
DOS-IND grant application closes on June 24
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Significance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership grant opened on April 26.
McCaul Demands State Declassify Afghanistan Withdrawal After-Action Review
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. On April 6, 2023, the State Department finally took the long overdue step of providing its After- Action Review on the Afghanistan withdrawal to the Committee. The After-Action Review, dated March 2022, is an 87-page document containing numerous unexplained redactions. Despite...
Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov Before Their Meeting
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here with Foreign Minister Meredov. Rashid and I were together just about two months ago -.
Renewal of the 2023-2024 Charter for the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: The Department of State has renewed the Charter of the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The Advisory Committee was established under the authority of 22 U.S.C. §4503 to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of State ...
Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Meredov
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.
Telephonic Press Conference with Katie Tobin, Special Assistant to President Biden and Senior Director for Transborder at the National Security Council
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: MODERATOR: Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Media Hub of the Americas in Miami, Florida. I would like to welcome our participants who have dialed in from the United States and across the region. This is an on-the-record press briefing with NSC Senior Director for Transborder Katie Tobin.
DOS-PA offers new grant application process starting April 26
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
International Media Reporting Program grant opened on April 26.
Regional Conference of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Ending Human Trafficking 2023
By State Newswire | Apr 26, 2023
Release: Good morning, Excellencies and distinguished participants in this important conference. My name is Cindy Dyer, and as the United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, I head the office at the U.S. Department of State that leads the United States’ global engagement to combat human trafficking and supports the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts across the U.S. government.
Blue Dot Network Criteria: Relevant, Achievable, Aligned with International Standards
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Results from the first four Blue Dot Network pilot programs show the proposed infrastructure certification criteria will help projects demonstrate alignment with quality and sustainability goals. They are relevant, achievable, and support project efficiency and local development.
Joint Statement on the Third U.S.-Kenya Bilateral Strategic Dialogue
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Kenya on the occasion of U.S.-Kenya Bilateral Strategic Dialogue in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 2023.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Dr. Alfred Mutua At a Joint Press Availability
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning everyone, and a very warm welcome to my friend the Cabinet Secretary Mutua. Alfred, very good to have you here, and I really appreciate the good, productive conversation that we had a short while ago.
U.S. Department of State Announces TechWomen Delegation Travel to Kazakhstan, Aims to Increase Number of Women and Girls in STEM
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Thirteen executives from Amazon Web Services, Chegg, Hillstra Associates, Jacobs, Marvell Technology Inc., MicroBlocks, Northgate Environmental Management, Salesforce, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Workday will travel as a TechWomen delegation to Kazakhstan from April 23-28, joining more than 20 TechWomen ...
DOS-TJK grant application closes on June 30
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
Implementation and Management of the U.S. Alumni Network of Tajikistan (USANT) grant opened on April 25.
U.S.-EU Consultations Reinforce Strong Commitment to Human Rights
By State Newswire | Apr 25, 2023
News Release: Today in Brussels, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Erin Barclay and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore co-chaired the 2023 U.S.-EU Human Rights Consultations. The United States and EU reaffirmed their strong mutual commitment to the transatlantic partnership and underscored its centrality to defending human rights, democracy, and the rule of law worldwide.