By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: The United States is committed to ending hunger and malnutrition and building more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems at home and abroad. In support of these ongoing efforts, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to New York City May 18-19 to convene meetings to mobilize action on global food security.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
Supporting Adolescent Girls' Economic Advancement (or Security) in India grant opened on May 18.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: The United States affirms today, on the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), that the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) persons are the same human rights to which all persons are entitled. As enshrined ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State is announcing the launch of a new Conflict Observatory to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine. The program encompasses the documentation, verification, and dissemination of open-source evidence ...
By State Newswire | May 18, 2022
Biden admin nominates David Pressman as U.S. Ambassador to Hungary.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Biden admin nominates Calvin Smyre as U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) Initiative for the South Caucasus grant opened on May 17.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to have my friend, the Greek foreign minister, here at the State Department. This has been an important and incredibly productive couple of days, notably with the prime minister’s visit, his meeting with President Biden yesterday ...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States following the 21st session of the UN Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, which was held from April 25th to May 6th, 2022.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The Administration’s policy towards Cuba continues to focus first and foremost on support for the Cuban people, including their human rights and their political and economic well-being.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: The U.S. Department of State is announcing the launch of a new Conflict Observatory to capture, analyze, and make widely available evidence of Russia-perpetrated war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine. The program encompasses the documentation, verification, and dissemination of open-source evidence ...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Counselor of the Department Derek Chollet will lead an interagency delegation to Chisinau, Moldova, from May 17 to 18. He will meet with Moldovan government officials to discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on Moldova, continue discussions of our 30-year U.S.-Moldovan partnership under the framework ...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on May 16.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met today in Washington with Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal. They reaffirmed the strategic relationship between Turkey and the United States and discussed the two countries’ many areas of bilateral ...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: The United States is designating Attorney General of Guatemala Maria Consuelo Porras Argueta de Porres (“Porras”) due to her involvement in significant corruption. During her tenure, Porras repeatedly obstructed and undermined anticorruption investigations in Guatemala to protect her political allies ...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
There was activity on one bill related to the Foreign Relations Committee on May 16.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
U.S. Embassy Bangkok FY2022 YSEALI Enviro-Tech Regional Workshop grant opened on May 17.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have the Foreign Minister of Yemen here with us today, someone very familiar to Washington, to the United States, having been ambassador here before. But it’s wonderful to welcome you to the State Department - welcome back to the State...
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
News Release: Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights and U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Uzra Zeya will travel May 17 – 22 to India and Nepal to deepen cooperation on human rights and democratic governance goals, and to advance humanitarian priorities. She will also discuss partnering with India and Nepal during this Year of Action for the Summit for Democracy. The delegation will include USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia Anjali Kaur.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2022
There is one release scheduled to be published on May 18.
