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Young Pacific Leaders Regional Workshop on Media Literacy and Journalism grant opened on July 3.

DOS-GHA offers new grant application process starting July 3

Training and Education to Increase Capacity for Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution grant opened on July 3.

Election Interference in Guatemala

News Release: The United States supports the Guatemalan people’s constitutional right to elect their leaders via free and fair elections and is deeply concerned by efforts that interfere with the June 25 election result. Actions to interfere with the election result violate the spirit of Guatemala’s constitution and ...

DOS-NZL offers new grant application process starting July 3

Young Pacific Leaders Small Grants Competition 2024 grant opened on July 3.

DOS-NZL offers new grant application process starting July 3

Young Pacific Leaders Annual Conference grant opened on July 3.

IRFBA Chair’s Statement on Nicaragua Religious Prisoner of Conscience, Bishop Rolando Álvarez

Release: As the Chair of the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance, I express my grave concern at the unjust imprisonment of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, a Bishop of the Catholic Church of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Estelí, in Nicaragua. Notwithstanding the...

McCaul, Hagerty: U.S. Tech Found in CCP Spy Balloon ‘Heightens Our Concerns’

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Ranking Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) issued the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American sovereignty and traversed the United States for eight days.

McCaul, Hagerty: U.S. Tech Found in CCP Spy Balloon ‘Heightens Our Concerns’

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance Ranking Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) issued the following statement on news that U.S. technology was found in the recent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloon that violated American sovereignty and traversed the United States for eight days.

Seychelles National Day

Release: Congratulations to the people of Seychelles on the forty-seventh anniversary of your independence.

Condemning Republika Srpska Actions that Undermine the Dayton Peace Agreement

Release: The Republika Srpska National Assembly adopted a law this week intended to nullify the Constitutional Court’s authority in the entity. This law violates the Bosnia and Herzegovina Constitution, and runs counter to the Dayton Peace Agreement. Defiance of the Constitutional Court threatens not just the ...

2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Afghanistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Afghanistan. On Aug. 15, 2021, the Taliban took over Kabul. The U.S. government has not yet decided whether to recognize the Taliban or any other entity as the Government of Afghanistan or as part of such a government. During the review period, the pre-August 15...

2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Bangladesh

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Bangladesh. During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget publicly available, including online. It did not make its end-of-year report publicly available within a reasonable period. Information in the budget was considered...

2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Sao Tome and Principe

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Sao Tome and Principe.

McCaul Demands Blinken to Produce Missing Afghanistan After-Action Review Files

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken: I wrote to you on June 8 and 20, 2023, regarding the Department of State’s (the Department) continued failure to produce requested documents and information regarding the Biden Administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. In those letters, I warned that I was prepared...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken in a Conversation With Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass

News Release: MR HAASS: It is June 28, 2023, and I want to welcome the several hundred people in the room here today, in New York, and the far larger number watching around the country and the world. I want to welcome everyone to the Council on Foreign Relations. For those of you who aren’t familiar with us, we’re ...

2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Turkmenistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Turkmenistan. During the review period, budget documents and information on debt obligations were not made public, including for state-owned enterprises. The government published aggregate revenue data online in its state-run newspaper. Publicly available budget...

Delegation of Authority No. 540; Delegation of Authority International Broadcasting Advisory Board discussed on June 28 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on June 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Secretary Blinken to Deliver Remarks at a Reception in Honor of Pride Month

Release: In honor of Pride Month, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will host a reception on Thursday, June 29, at 5:00 p.m. EDT in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State. The Secretary will deliver remarks which will be open to the press and streamed live on www.state.gov and www.YouTube.com/statedept.

2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Tajikistan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Tajikistan. During the review period, the government made significant progress by ensuring the supreme audit institution effectively follows up on findings. The government also made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report widely and...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, Jonathan Lemire, Andrea Mitchell, and Katy Kay of Morning Joe on MSNBC