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Joint Statement on the Situation in Libya

News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom: Begin Text: Senior officials representing France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States met on September 22 on the margins of the United ...


Release: We, the ministers of Foreign Affairs of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States of America, and senior officials from the Republic of Korea and Switzerland, as well as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ...


Joint Statement – Concrete Steps to Support Expansion of UN-mediated Truce in Yemen

News Release: On 21 September 2022, vice ministers and senior official representatives of the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council and the European Union, Germany, Kuwait and Sweden, hereafter referred to as the P5+4, met to discuss concrete steps to support an extension of the truce agreed ...


News Release: We, the ministers of Foreign Affairs of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, Ukraine and the United States of America, and senior officials from the Republic of Korea and Switzerland, as well as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, ...


Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. It’s really wonderful to be with my colleagues, my friends here this morning. I think our meeting today, including the document we’re about to sign is evidence that the Quad is strong and getting stronger, strengthening our multilateral cooperation. I think...


“House of Representatives” published by the Congressional Record  on Sept. 20

The Congressional Record published “House of Representatives” in the Daily Digest section on Sept. 20.


News Release: We, the Foreign Ministers of Australia, India, and Japan and the Secretary of State of the United States, met in New York on Sept. 23, 2022. We reaffirm the Quad’s commitment to supporting Indo-Pacific countries’ advancement of a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive and rules-based. We ...


Signing Statement for the International Partnership for Information and Democracy

Release: The United States is pleased to announce that it is joining the International Partnership for Information and Democracy. We look forward to working with the other partners on promoting and implementing democratic principles in the global information and communication space.


News Release: Today we are issuing a General License to advance our efforts and commitments to ensure that the Iranian people can freely access information online. This update modernizes the Treasury Department license to expand the free flow of information and access to fact-based information to people in Iran consistent ...


Biden admin nominates Arthur W. Brown as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ecuador

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Arthur W. Brown as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ecuador.


Biden admin nominates Karen Sasahara as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Kuwait

President Joe Biden recently announced his intention to appoint Karen Sasahara as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the State of Kuwait.


Designating Iran’s Morality Police and Seven Officials for Human Rights Abuses in Iran

Release: The United States condemns the tragic and brutal death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman who died in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police after being detained for purportedly wearing a hijab too loosely. We mourn with her loved ones and with the Iranian people.


The Moscow Mechanism Report on Russia’s Failure to Fulfill its Human Dimension Commitments

Release: The United States and 37 other countries invoked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism on July 28 to examine the Russia’s adherence to its OSCE Human Dimension commitments on human rights and fundamental freedoms. In the report released today in Vienna, the ...


News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s wonderful to be here with so many colleagues, and I especially want to thank the founding members of the Partners in the Blue Pacific represented here by Foreign Minister Wong and Foreign Minister Hayashi – Yogi, I saw you – and we have Foreign Minister Mahuta here as well – coming in imminently, and James Cleverly is right there. Good to see you, my friend.


Release: The following is the joint statement released by the Secretary of State of the United States and the Foreign Ministers of the Governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan.


Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen Announces the United States Joins International Partnership for Information and Democracy

News Release: Senior Official for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Liz Allen announced today that the United States is joining the International Partnership for Information and Democracy. Spearheaded by France and Reporters Without Borders, the Partnership is a non-binding initiative comprising 45 endorsing countries that promotes democratic principles in the global information and communications space.



News Release: Begin Text: In today’s meeting in New York, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, re-emphasized that all Members of the United Nations must refrain in their international ...


Release: Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink and Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Campbell will provide a readout of the first Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP) ministerial, which includes participation by Pacific Ministers, Ministers and representatives of Partners in the Blue...


High-level FSO Safer Side Event Co-hosted by the Netherlands, the United States and Germany: Funding Gap Closed for First Stage of Salvage Operation

News Release: The high-level side event at the United Nations General Assembly Week, co-hosted by the Netherlands, the United States and Germany, honoured the joint effort with the UN to prevent a looming environmental disaster with severe humanitarian and economic costs. To prevent this catastrophe the UN has coordinated ...