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Undemocratic Actions Ahead of Cambodian Elections
By State Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
The United States is deeply troubled that Cambodian authorities are preventing the Candlelight Party – the Kingdom’s largest opposition party – from participating in July 2023 national elections.
State Department Engages Partners on Burma Sanctions Coordination
By State Newswire Report | Jun 16, 2023
On May 24, the Sanctions Coordinators for the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the services in charge of sanctions policy and implementation of the European Commission and the European External Action Service met to continue to assess and align ongoing efforts related to sanctions on Burma (Myanmar).
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Rwanda
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: RWANDA (Tier 2). The Government of Rwanda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mali
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MALI (Tier 2). The transition government of Mali does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The transition government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: South Africa
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: SOUTH AFRICA (Tier 2 Watch List).
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mexico
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MEXICO (Tier 2). The Government of Mexico does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Senegal
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: SENEGAL (Tier 2). The Government of Senegal does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cameroon
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CAMEROON (Tier 2). The Government of Cameroon does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report:
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: INDONESIA (TIER 2). The Government of Indonesia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: The Bahamas
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: THE BAHAMAS (Tier 1). The Government of The Bahamas fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking...
Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “The Vilnius Summit and War in Ukraine: Assessing U.S. Policy towards Europe and NATO”
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Europe will convene a hearing entitled, “The Vilnius Summit and War in Ukraine: Assessing U.S. Policy towards Europe and NATO" on Thursday, June 22nd.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Ecuador
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ECUADOR (Tier 2). The Government of Ecuador does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...
Acting Assistant Secretary Littlejohn’s Travel to New York
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Jennifer R. Littlejohn will lead a U.S. delegation, to New York, New York, to mark the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) global observance day on June 16.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Brunei
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BRUNEI (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Brunei does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government made key achievements during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its...
Condemning Atrocities in Darfur
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: 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. Local groups estimate ...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Micronesia, Federated States of
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF (Tier 2).
Resolving the Detainee Dilemma
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: I’d like to thank ICSR, the OCSE, and MEI for their invitation for me to speak today and your sustained leadership on this issue.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Sierra Leone
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: SIERRA LEONE (Tier 2). The Government of Sierra Leone does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mauritania
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MAURITANIA (Tier 2). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering...
Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: From June 11 to June 15, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed traveled to Baghdad, Iraq. Syed was the senior U.S. government official participant in a U.S.-Iraq Business Council (USIBC) delegation to Iraq. This delegation demonstrated the tremendous interest from the...