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Announcing the March Madness Sports Visitor Exchange with Serbian Basketball Coaches
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: With March Madness - the annual collegiate basketball tournament that crowns a national champion in the United States - heating up, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announced today that, as part of its broader efforts to empower women and girls through sport ...
DRL Promoting the Rule of Law in Angola
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting the Rule of Law in Angola. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009537. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation: ...
HFAC & SFRC Chairs Urge Presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to Restrict CABEI Lending for the Ortega-Murillo Regime
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are urging the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to leverage their position in the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) to stop the bank’s development funding from propping up the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Italian MFA Secretary General Guariglia
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
DRL Promoting the Rule of Law in Angola
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Promoting the Rule of Law in Angola. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009537. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type of Solicitation:...
Joint Statement on U.S.–Ireland Science and Technology Cooperation
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: The following joint statement was released by the United States, Ireland, and Northern Ireland at the 27th meeting of the U.S.-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Steering Group.
Secretary Blinken to Release the 2022 Human Rights Report
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 11:30 a.m. on March 20, 2023, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
Joint Statement of the United States of America and France on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: The text of the following joint statement was signed by the Governments of the United States of America and France on Nov. 30, 2022.
On the Occasion of St. Patrick’s Day
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I wish the people of Ireland, and all those celebrating around the world, a happy and healthy St. Patrick’s Day.
Joint Statement of the United States of America and France on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
Release: The text of the following joint statement was signed by the Governments of the United States of America and France on Nov. 30, 2022.
McCaul Gravely Concerned About U.S Taxpayer Dollars Benefitting Taliban-Controlled Entities
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Dear Inspector General Sopko: I write today to express my concern about ongoing U.S. assistance to Afghanistan and to request your continued help in ensuring that taxpayer dollars supporting the Afghan people do not benefit the Taliban regime or are otherwise subject to waste, fraud, or abuse. SIGAR’s...
Additional Assistance to Respond to the Venezuela Regional Crisis
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: The United States announced today more than $140 million in additional humanitarian assistance and more than $31 million in development assistance to respond to the needs of vulnerable Venezuelans in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees and migrants, and their generous host communities across the region. This ...
Secretary Blinken to Release the 2022 Human Rights Report
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 11:30 a.m. on March 20, 2023, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
McCaul, Rogers, Turner: Rosatom Fueling China’s Nuclear Breakout is a National Security Threat
By State Newswire | Mar 18, 2023
News Release: Dear APNSA Sullivan: We write to you today to follow-up on our classified correspondence from earlier this year and to further highlight concerning reports that Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, Rosatom, is helping the People’s Republic of China (PRC) acquire enough weapons grade plutonium...
Assistant Secretary Satterfield Travels March 13-17 to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: From March 13-17, 2023, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield will travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. She will address nearly 500 alumni of the Young African Leaders Initiative’s flagship program - the Mandela Washington Fellowship -...
AUKUS Leaders’ Announcement
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: Today, President Biden, British Prime Minister Sunak, and Australian Prime Minister Albanese announced the optimal pathway for Australia to acquire conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) under the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) partnership. The AUKUS partnership...
The United States and Niger: A Strategic Partnership
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s travel to Niger on March 16, 2023, is the country’s first visit by a U.S. Secretary of State. He will meet with President Mohamed Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massoudou. Secretary Blinken’s visit to Niger following the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit is a recognition of our robust bilateral relationship with a key partner on democracy, governance, and regional security.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Yonathan Yosef of Fana Broadcasting
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: QUESTION: Thank you, Secretary of State. Thank you for having us here. Thank you for visiting Ethiopia at this critical time. It means a lot and it shows a really - the maintained, longstanding relationship. Thank you very much.
Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Japanese Vice Minister Mori
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
Readout of Virtual Ministerial Meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
By State Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry today hosted a virtual Ministerial meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on energy and climate in preparation for a MEF leaders meeting to be convened in April by President Biden. The discussion focused on further actions the major economies can...