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U.S. Humanitarian and Development Assistance for Venezuela Regional Crisis

Release: The United States is the largest single donor for the humanitarian response to the Venezuela regional crisis, providing assistance that supports refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable populations of concern. More than 7.7 million people inside Venezuela need immediate humanitarian assistance and more than 6 million Venezuelans have been displaced in 17 countries across the region since 2015.


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Invocation of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism to Examine Reports of Human Rights Abuses Committed by Lukashenka Regime

Release: The United States and 37 other countries have invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism requesting that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) establish an expert mission to examine the dire and continuous deterioration of the human rights situation in Belarus.


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Joint Statement on Syria Envoys-level Meeting in Amman

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States, Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the League of Arab States following their meeting in Amman, Jordan on March 21, 2023, to discuss the current situation in Syria in the aftermath of the earthquakes.


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Fourth Anniversary of the Global Coalition’s Territorial Defeat of Daesh/ISIS in Syria and Iraq

Release: Fourth Anniversary of the Global Coalition’s Territorial Defeat of Daesh/ISIS in Syria and Iraq.


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Joint Statement on the U.S.-Moldova Strategic Dialogue

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Moldova.


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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Belarusian Democratic Leader Tsikhanouskaya

Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Hungary

Release: According to its constitution, Hungary is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. The unicameral National Assembly (parliament) exercises legislative authority. For the past three years, however, Hungary has been operating under consecutive states of emergency that allow the government to pass laws by ...


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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Lithuania

Release: The Republic of Lithuania is a constitutional, multiparty, parliamentary democracy. Legislative authority resides in the Seimas (a unicameral parliament), and executive authority resides in the prime minister and the cabinet of ministers. Observers evaluated the presidential elections and European parliamentary elections in 2019 and the national parliamentary elections in 2020 as generally free and fair.


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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Ireland

Release: Ireland is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with a directly elected president, an executive branch headed by a prime minister, and a bicameral parliament. The country held free and fair parliamentary elections in 2020 and a presidential election in 2018.



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Under Secretary Zeya’s Prepared Statement for the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting

Under Secretary Zeya’s Prepared Statement for the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting




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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Swiss State Secretary Leu

Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


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FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, Bangladesh, and India 

Release: FY 2023 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, Bangladesh, and India Basic Information Program Description Summary Geographic Regions / Populations.



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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Uzbekistan

Release: Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his allies. In the October 2021 presidential election, President Mirziyoyev won reelection with 80.2 percent of the total votes. A genuine choice of political alternatives was not available to voters...


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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bhutan

Release: Bhutan is a democratic constitutional monarchy with King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck as head of state and Prime Minister Lotay Tshering as head of government. In 2018 the country held its third general elections; approximately 71 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots. International election observers reported the elections were generally free and fair.


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2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Kyrgyz Republic

Release: The Kyrgyz Republic has a presidential system of government, adopted in 2021. President Sadyr Japarov was elected in January 2021 through elections considered by international observers to be generally free and fair.


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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Azerbaijani President Aliyev

Release: The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.