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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Eswatini
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ESWATINI (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included establishing multi-agency emergency response teams (ERTs) to respond to trafficking victim...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: China
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CHINA, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF (Tier 3)
Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: AMBASSADOR DYER: Good morning, everyone. And welcome. My name is Cindy Dyer. I’m the Ambassador-At-Large for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the Department of State. And I have the honor of kicking off today’s ceremony. Thank you all so much for joining us.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Australia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: AUSTRALIA (Tier 1). The Government of Australia fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore...
Risch, Whitehouse, McCaul, Kaptur Introduce Legislation to Repurpose Sovereign Russian Assets for Ukraine
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), in conjunction with U.S. Representatives Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), co-chair of the Congressional ...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Djibouti
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: DJIBOUTI (Tier 3). The Government of Djibouti 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, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Djibouti was downgraded...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Burkina Faso
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BURKINA FASO (Tier 2). The transition government of Burkina Faso does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The transition government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering...
Chairman McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing Assessing U.S. Efforts to Counter CCP’s Belt and Road Diplomacy
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on assessing U.S. efforts to counter China’s Coercive Belt and Road Diplomacy.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Antigua and Barbuda
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (Tier 2). The Government of Antigua and Barbuda 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 United States Announces $920 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Today, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced $920 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VII Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region."
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Peru
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: PERU (Tier 2). The Government of Peru 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 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Tanzania
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: TANZANIA (Tier 2). The Government of Tanzania 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: Uruguay
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: URUGUAY (Tier 2). The Government of Uruguay 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: Marshall Islands
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MARSHALL ISLANDS (Tier 2 Watch List).
Acting Assistant Secretary Littlejohn’s Travel to New York
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
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.
The United States Announces $920 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: Today, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced $920 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VII Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region."
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Vanuatu
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: VANUATU (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Vanuatu does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included sentencing four traffickers to adequate prison terms, following their conviction in the previous reporting...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Laos
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: LAOS (Tier 2). The Government of Laos 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 pandemic,...
Designation of Two DPRK Individuals Supporting the DPRK’s Unlawful Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missile Programs
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Today, the United States is designating two Beijing-based Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) nationals connected to the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) procurement. The DPRK’s development of its missile programs directly threatens regional and international security, and the United States will continue to take action to curtail activities in support of those programs.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mozambique
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MOZAMBIQUE (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Mozambique does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing investigations and prosecutions, training law enforcement and front-line officials, publishing...