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DOS-ARM offers new grant application process starting March 3

Democracy Commission Small Grants Program Competition grant opened on March 3.


News Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.


Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Transitional Justice Rapid Response Consortium. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009486. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, as always. And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister. Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year. Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that...


Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to  Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group

Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meeting.


Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meeting.


Risch: U.S. Shouldn’t Rush to Embrace Nigerian Election Results

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Nigeria’s recent elections:


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s good to see you all, and I’m especially pleased to see my friend, the foreign minister of Brazil. We were together just recently with President Lula’s visit. So a great opportunity to follow up on what we thought was a very successful visit of President ...


Persecution of Journalists in Guatemala

Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Doniyor Tukhsinov of Kun.uz

News Release: QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for being here. I want to start by asking you about the current state of relations between the countries of Central Asia and the United States. Has anything changed in U.S. foreign policy toward the countries of the region in light of current developments in the international arena, especially after the war in Ukraine?


DOS-PAK grant application closes on May 3

Pakistan English Language Professional Development for Teachers, Students, and Young Professionals grant opened on March 3.


DOS-HTI grant application closes on June 30

U.S. Embassy Haiti's 2023 Grants grant opened on March 3.


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Good to see you all. So this is my first visit to Uzbekistan, and let me express first of all my gratitude to the president, to the acting foreign minister, and to all the people I’ve had an opportunity to meet with over the course of this day for what’s been an extraordinarily warm welcome.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra Before Their Meeting

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure as always to meet with my friend and colleague, the Dutch foreign minister. And we are taking this opportunity to follow up on the very good visit the prime minister made to Washington some weeks ago with President Biden; also, ...


Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.


Designating Iran Sanctions Evaders

Release: The United States is committed to significantly reducing Iranian energy exports and will sanction those facilitating Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade. Today, the Department of the State is designating six entities that have engaged in the transport or sale of Iranian petroleum products or petrochemical products, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, and is identifying 20 vessels as property or interests in property of these entities.


Appointment of Ambassador Cindy McCain as Executive Director of the World Food Program

News Release: I congratulate Ambassador Cindy McCain on her appointment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization to serve as the next Executive Director of the World Food Program (WFP). For over 60 years, WFP has played a vital role in addressing ...


News Release: The White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy today to establish an affirmative vision for a secure cyberspace that creates opportunities to achieve our collective aspirations.


Designating Iran Sanctions Evaders

News Release: The United States is committed to significantly reducing Iranian energy exports and will sanction those facilitating Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical trade. Today, the Department of the State is designating six entities that have engaged in the transport or sale of Iranian petroleum products or petrochemical products, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, and is identifying 20 vessels as property or interests in property of these entities.


Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.