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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."


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...


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: 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...


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: 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: 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: 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:

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: 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: 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...


Secretary Blinken’s Call with Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Matthew Miller.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Mauritania

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Mauritania. During the review period, the government made significant progress by subjecting the military and intelligence budget to parliamentary oversight. The enacted budget and end-of-year report were widely and easily accessible to the public, including online...


Joint Statement by the Troika on Sudan and South Sudan

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Norway, and the United Kingdom.


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Congo, Republic of the

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Congo, Republic of the.


Joint Statement by the Troika on Sudan and South Sudan

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


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Sudan

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Sudan. This assessment covers activities carried out during the first full year of military authority. Authorities published an enacted budget within a reasonable period, but not an executive budget proposal or end-of-year report. It did not provide information on...


Inaugural U.S.-Mongolia-ROK Critical Minerals Dialogue Held in Ulaanbaatar

Release: On June 27, 2023, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez held the first-ever U.S.-Mongolia-Republic of Korea (ROK) Critical Minerals Dialogue with Mongolian Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry Ganbaatar Jambal and Republic of Korea 2nd Vice...


2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Cameroon

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Cameroon. During the review period, the government made significant progress by reviewing its budget throughout the fiscal year. The government published its enacted budget and end-of-year report online within a reasonable period, but not its executive budget proposal.