News from June 2023


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: South Sudan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: South Sudan. During the review period, the government published a budget for the first time since 2020, although the executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report were delayed. Publicly available budget documents did not include allocations to...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Nicaragua

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Nicaragua. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget and end-of-year report accessible to the public, including online. It did not publish its executive budget proposal online within a reasonable period. Publicly available budget documents...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report:

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Burma. This review period was the first full calendar year of military rule since the military coup in February 2021. During the review period, the military regime did not publish its executive budget proposal or end-of-year report online within a reasonable period,...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Haiti

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Haiti. During the review period, the government published its enacted budget online within a reasonable period. However, the executive budget proposal was not published online within a reasonable period, and because the finance ministry’s website was down at the...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Mongolia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Mongolia. During the review period, the government’s budget and information on debt obligations were widely and easily accessible to the public, including online. The budget was substantially complete and generally reliable. Information on debt obligations, including...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Angola

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Angola. During the review period, the government’s executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report were widely and easily accessible online to the public within a reasonable period. The information in the budget was considered generally reliable...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: South Africa

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: South Africa. During the review period, the government published its executive budget proposal and enacted budget online within a reasonable period. It did not publish its end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. Publication of information on debt obligations...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Djibouti

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Djibouti. During the review period, the government published the enacted budget and end-of-year report within a reasonable period. It did not publish the executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government did not make information on debt obligations...


Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Kenya

Release: U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Mike Hammer is traveling to Kenya June 27-30 to consult with regional and international partners on supporting continued implementation of the November 2022 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA) in northern Ethiopia.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Burundi

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Burundi. During the review period, the government made significant progress by auditing the entire annual executed budget within a reasonable period. The government published its enacted budget and end-of-year budget report within a reasonable period. It did not...


McCaul, Mast to Biden: No Taxpayer Money to UN Climate Fund Pledging Millions to China

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing serious concerns about America’s financial commitment to the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund - an investment funneling millions to China, the world’s largest carbon-emitter, under its continued status as a “developing country."



Djibouti National Day

Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the Djiboutian people on the 46th anniversary of your nation’s independence.


Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Bitter Travel to Canada

News Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Rena Bitter will travel June 28-30 to Toronto and Ottawa. The Assistant Secretary will meet with embassy staff and observe consular operations in both cities. Her trip underscores our deep and sustained commitment to the protection of U.S. citizens overseas and the facilitation of legitimate travel and immigration to the United States. For updates on Assistant Secretary Bitter’s travel follow @TravelGov on Twitter.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Sao Tome and Principe

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


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Tanzania

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Tanzania. During the review period, the government made significant progress by ensuring publicly available budget documents provided a substantially complete picture of the government’s planned expenditures and revenue. The government made its enacted budget and...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Cambodia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Cambodia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by publishing its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. The government also made its enacted budget available online but did not publish an end-of-year report within a reasonable...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Liberia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Liberia. During the review period, the government made significant progress by making its executive budget proposal publicly available within a reasonable period, by making major state-owned enterprise debt information publicly available, and by making basic information...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: El Salvador

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: El Salvador. During the review period, the government published its enacted budget and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period, although it did not publish its executive budget proposal within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations, including...