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Additional U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine

Release: Pursuant to a delegation of authority from President Biden, I am authorizing our 41st drawdown for Ukraine, which will provide $500 million worth of U.S. arms and equipment from Department of Defense stocks. This security assistance package will support Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive operations with ...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Ecuador

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Ecuador. During the review period, the government published its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. The government excluded complete information on financial allocations to and earnings from state-owned...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Chad

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Chad. During the review period, the transitional government made its executive budget proposal, its enacted budget, and end-of-year report publicly available within a reasonable period. Budget documents broke down expenditures by ministry, but did not include all...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Mali

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Mali. During the review period, the transition government made its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report available online within a reasonable period. Information on debt obligations was publicly available, except major state-owned enterprise...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Equatorial Guinea

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments:Equatorial Guinea. During the review period, the government published its enacted budget within a reasonable period. The government did not, however, publish an executive budget proposal and an end-of-year report within a reasonable period. Budget documents were prepared...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: The Gambia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: The Gambia. 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. The supreme audit institution reviewed...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Papua New Guinea

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Papua New Guinea. During the review period, the government published its executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. The budget provided a substantially full picture by including major sources of revenue and...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Ukraine

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Ukraine. During the review period, the government declared martial law in response to Russia’s brutal, unjustified, and unprovoked war on Ukraine and occupation of parts of its territory. Fierce fighting is ongoing along a broad front, and the entire country continues ...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Belize

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Belize. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget, end-of-year report, and information on debt obligations publicly available, including online. Budget information was generally reliable. However, it did not publish an executive budget proposal...


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Rwanda

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Rwanda. During the review period, the government published the executive budget proposal, enacted budget, and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period. Allocations to and earnings from all major state-owned enterprises were not available in budget documents.


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Belize

During the review period, the government made its enacted budget, end-of-year report, and information on debt obligations publicly available, including online.


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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Turkmenistan

During the review period, budget documents and information on debt obligations were not made public, including for state-owned enterprises.


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Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation

From June 11 to June 15, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed traveled to Baghdad, Iraq.


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United States to Participate in Fourth Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Negotiating Round in South Korea

The Office of the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that a U.S. delegation will travel to Busan, South Korea, for the fourth negotiating round of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) from July 9-15, 2023.


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Final Report by UN Group of Experts

The United States welcomes the final report by the United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).


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Condemning Atrocities in Darfur

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.


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Slovenia’s National Day

On behalf of the United States of America, I offer our best wishes to the people of Slovenia as you honor your Statehood Day.