News from April 2023
DRL Promoting Responsive and Inclusive Governance in Burma
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009597
DRL Fostering Resilience and Strategic Advocacy in Burma’s Pro-Democracy Movement
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009599
The Dissolution of Political Parties in Burma
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
We strongly condemn the Burma military regime-controlled Union Election Commission’s decision to abolish 40 political parties, including the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative Code of Conduct Released at the Summit for Democracy
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The United States continues to put human rights at the center of our foreign policy.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken on Advancing Technology for Democracy
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Jeanne, thank you so much for the introduction and for helping to move us along today.
Transgender Day of Visibility
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
On Transgender Day of Visibility, the United States reaffirms that transgender rights are human rights.
Hong Kong’s Declining Rule of Law
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to erode Hong Kong’s judicial independence and the rule of law.
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel:
One-Year Anniversary of the Yemen Truce’s Commencement
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Today marks one year since the UN-meditated truce in Yemen began and initiated the longest period of calm since the war started.
DRL Local Democracy and Human Rights Initiative
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces a Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) from organizations interested in submitting Statements of Interest (SOI) for locally led programs that support DRL’s goal to protect and promote respect for internationally recognized human rights and advance democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt’s Remarks at the Center for the Study of Democracy
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Thank you very much, Ognian. It’s wonderful to see everybody, and many, many thanks to CSD for inviting me to be part of this conversation today on an issue that is so important to our transatlantic issues and to our shared interest in the energy transition.
Assistant Secretary Pyatt’s Travel to Belgium and France
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R. Pyatt will join the U.S. delegation traveling to Brussels on April 4 to participate in the U.S.-EU Energy Council and hold other bilateral meetings on energy security, support to Ukraine, and the clean energy transition.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken And EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Remarks to the Press
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
HIGH REPRESENTATIVE BORRELL: Good morning. Good morning. I’m very happy to welcome you, Secretary Blinken, in Brussels.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks Before U.S.-EU Energy Council Meeting
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
SECRETARY BLINKEN: High Representative Borrell, Josep, thank you. Thank you for bringing us together today and for continuing an ongoing discussion, an ongoing action that we’ve had with the United States and the European Union on an issue that’s critical in the lives of all of our fellow citizens.
Joint Statement on the U.S. – EU Energy Council
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America and European Union.
Special Online Briefing with David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary of Energy
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
MODERATOR: Good afternoon from the State Department’s Brussel’s Media Hub. I would like to welcome everyone joining us today for this virtual press briefing.
Release of Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership Action Plan
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Today, at the Friends of the Mekong Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the United States and Japan, together with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam, released the Japan-U.S.
U.S. Objectives at the United Nations Water Conference
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Monica Medina, U.S. Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources and Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs briefs on the UN Water Conference.
Transit of Taiwan President Through the United States
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs discusses the transit of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen through the United States.
Annual “To Walk the Earth in Safety” (TWEIS) Report
By State Newswire Report | Apr 7, 2023
Ambassador Bonnie D. Jenkins, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Karen Chandler, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Programs and Operations, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State, discussed the Annual “To Walk the Earth in Safety” (TWEIS) Report.