By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States, I thank our gracious host and co-presidents Sweden and Kenya.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: Today, on the margins of the Summit of the Americas, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose Fernandez, Civilian Deputy to the Commander and Foreign Policy Advisor, U.S. Southern Command Jean Manes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Programs in the...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: Thank you, Minister Strandhäll, and the Government of Sweden for co-hosting this important international meeting.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
U.S.-ASEAN Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation (STIC) Program grant opened on June 10.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The United States welcomes Greece’s announcement that it will host the ninth Our Ocean Conference in 2024.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul has sent a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressing his concerns with President Biden’s nomination of Amanda Bennett to run the U.S. Agency on Global Media (USAGM) and requested the committee submit additional...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The health and productivity of our ocean is under threat. Greenhouse gas emissions are making our ocean warmer, higher, more acidic, and less productive. Meanwhile, illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is threatening fish stocks and marine biodiversity, while plastic pollution is choking our ocean.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: Gracias. Thank you so much for talking to us.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for the free practice of religious beliefs and self-governance by religious groups without government interference. By law, all faith-based organizations must register with the government to acquire legal status as an association. The government continued to work with Muslim...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for the protection of fundamental human rights and individual freedoms, including freedom of thought and religion, subject to the interests of defense, public safety, order, morality, and health, and to the protection of other persons’ rights and freedoms. The constitution also...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
There was activity on two bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on June 9.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Brian P. McKeon met with German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action State Secretary Franziska Brantner today in Paris. Deputy Secretary McKeon emphasized the importance of the U.S.-Germany ...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: The United States welcomes Greece’s announcement that it will host the ninth Our Ocean Conference in 2024.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution defines the country as an Islamic republic and designates Islam as the sole religion of the citizenry and state. The law prohibits blasphemy and apostasy and defines them as crimes punishable by death; however, the government has never applied this penalty for those crimes. On January...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: As Ambassador David Satterfield prepares to step down from the role, I am announcing that Ambassador Mike Hammer will succeed him as U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa. I am grateful to Ambassador Satterfield for the experience and determination he brought to the role, and I look forward to the...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Marcia Stephens Bernicat, a career member of the Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, was most recently Acting Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) until September 2021.
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
Release: The constitution provides for the right to practice freely or not to practice religion and prohibits discrimination based on religion. These and other rights may temporarily be suspended or restricted only in the event of a declaration of a state of war, siege, or emergency. The constitution prohibits...
By State Newswire | Jun 10, 2022
News Release: Yesterday, we joined the overwhelming majority of the IAEA Board of Governors in expressing support for the IAEA’s essential mission of safeguarding nuclear material to prevent nuclear proliferation. Iran must cooperate with the IAEA and provide technically credible information in response to the IAEA’s questions, which is the only way to remove these safeguards issues from the Board’s agenda.
