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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cabo Verde
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CABO VERDE (Tier 2). The Government of Cabo Verde 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...
DOS-KOR offers new grant application process starting June 16
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Indo-Pacific Strategy Tabletop Exercise grant opened on June 16.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Benin
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BENIN (Tier 2). The Government of Benin 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 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (Tier 2).
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Panama
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: PANAMA (Tier 2). The Government of Panama 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, if any, of the COVID-19...
Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Examining the Fiscal Year 2024 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request for Africa”
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Africa will convene a hearing entitled, “Examining the Fiscal Year 2024 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request for Africa" on Thursday, June 22nd.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cote d'Ivoire
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: COTE D’IVOIRE (Tier 2). The Government of Cote d’Ivoire 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: Mongolia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MONGOLIA (Tier 2). The Government of Mongolia 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...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Uganda
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: UGANDA (Tier 2). The Government of Uganda 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: Lesotho
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: LESOTHO (Tier 2). The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho 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...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Chad
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CHAD (Tier 3). The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Chad was downgraded to Tier 3. Despite the...
Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News 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 ...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Kenya
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: KENYA (Tier 2). The Government of Kenya 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 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Japan
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: JAPAN (Tier 2). The Government of Japan 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 pandemic,...
Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
News Release: AMBASSADOR DYER: Good morning, everyone. And welcome. My name is Cindy Dyer. I’m the Ambassador-At-Large for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the Department of State. And I have the honor of kicking off today’s ceremony. Thank you all so much for joining us.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Timor-Leste
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: TIMOR-LESTE (Tier 2). The Government of Timor-Leste 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...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Philippines
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: PHILIPPINES (Tier 1). The Government of the Philippines 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...
DOS-KOR grant application closes on July 17
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Small Grants Programs: Promoting Economic Initiatives grant opened on June 16.
State Department discusses Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statutory Debarment Under the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations on June 15
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
The US State Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Eritrea
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ERITREA (Tier 3). The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity, is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier...