State Newswire News
Acting Assistant Secretary Littlejohn’s Travel to New York
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn will lead a U.S. delegation, to New York, New York, to mark the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) global observance day on June 16.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Brunei
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BRUNEI (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made key achievements during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its...
Condemning Atrocities in Darfur
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing human rights violations and abuses and horrific violence in Sudan, especially reports of widespread sexual violence and killings based on ethnicity in West Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias. Local groups estimate ...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Micronesia, Federated States of
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF (Tier 2).
Resolving the Detainee Dilemma
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: I’d like to thank ICSR, the OCSE, and MEI for their invitation for me to speak today and your sustained leadership on this issue.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Sierra Leone
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: SIERRA LEONE (Tier 2). The Government of Sierra Leone does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mauritania
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MAURITANIA (Tier 2). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering...
Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: From June 11 to June 15, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed traveled to Baghdad, Iraq. Syed was the senior U.S. government official participant in a U.S.-Iraq Business Council (USIBC) delegation to Iraq. This delegation demonstrated the tremendous interest from the...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cabo Verde
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CABO VERDE (Tier 2). The Government of Cabo Verde does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the...
DOS-KOR offers new grant application process starting June 16
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Indo-Pacific Strategy Tabletop Exercise grant opened on June 16.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Benin
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BENIN (Tier 2). The Government of Benin does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (Tier 2).
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Panama
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: PANAMA (Tier 2). The Government of Panama does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact, if any, of the COVID-19...
Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Examining the Fiscal Year 2024 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request for Africa”
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Africa will convene a hearing entitled, “Examining the Fiscal Year 2024 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request for Africa" on Thursday, June 22nd.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cote d'Ivoire
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: COTE D’IVOIRE (Tier 2). The Government of Cote d’Ivoire does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mongolia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MONGOLIA (Tier 2). The Government of Mongolia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Uganda
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: UGANDA (Tier 2). The Government of Uganda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Lesotho
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: LESOTHO (Tier 2). The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Chad
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CHAD (Tier 3). The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Chad was downgraded to Tier 3. Despite the...
Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: From June 11 to June 15, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed traveled to Baghdad, Iraq. Syed was the senior U.S. government official participant in a U.S.-Iraq Business Council (USIBC) delegation to Iraq. This delegation demonstrated the tremendous interest from the ...