By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Gabon is a republic with a presidential form of government dominated by the Gabonese Democratic Party and headed by President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has held power since 1967. Bongo Ondimba was declared winner of the 2016 presidential election. Observers noted numerous irregularities, including...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. The prime minister is the head of the government. The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state, represented by a governor general. On November 5, Ralph Gonsalves was elected to a fifth consecutive term as prime minister. Regional and local observers assessed the election as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Colombia is a constitutional, multiparty republic. Presidential and legislative elections were held in 2018. Voters elected Ivan Duque Marquez president in a second round of elections that observers considered free and fair and the most peaceful in decades.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The United States has not recognized the Taliban or another entity as the government of Afghanistan. All references to “the pre-August 15 government" refer to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. References to the Taliban reflect events both prior to and after August 15.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: The government and constitution concentrate power in the presidency. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev became president after June 2019 elections that were marked by election-day irregularities including ballot stuffing and falsification of vote counts, according to an observation mission by the Organization for...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Uzbekistan is a constitutional republic with a political system led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and his supporters. On Oct. 24, the government held presidential election and President Mirziyoyev won re-election with 80.2 percent of the total votes. A genuine choice of political alternatives was...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Haiti is a constitutional republic with a multiparty political system. The most recent national legislative elections were held in November 2016; international observers considered the elections free and fair. In January 2020 the terms of the majority of parliamentarians expired due to a failure of the...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Seychelles is a multiparty republic governed by a president, cabinet of ministers, and the National Assembly. In joint presidential and legislative elections in October 2020 voters elected six-time presidential candidate Wavel Ramkalawan of the opposition party Seychellois Democratic Union with 54.9...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). In 2018 the country held elections for seats in the National Assembly; the most recent presidential election was held in 2017. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. I am very pleased for this opportunity to meet with the High Commissioner for Refugees at the UN Filippo Grandi. It’s safe to say that this is a time of extraordinary challenge for everything that you’re doing and everything that we’re so indebted to you and your team for doing.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Israel. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. The Palestinian Authority Basic Law provides for an elected president and legislative council. There have been no elections in the West Bank and Gaza for those positions since 2006, and President Mahmoud Abbas has remained in office despite the expiration of his four-year...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Suriname is a constitutional democracy with a president elected by the unicameral National Assembly. Elections for the National Assembly took place in May 2020. International observers considered these elections to be free and fair. In July 2020 the National Assembly elected Chandrikapersad Santokhi as president.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. In March 2019 the country held legislative elections, which included all 102 seats in the National Assembly. Presidential elections held in November 2019 resulted in two finalists: Domingos Simoes Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embalo. The National Elections Commission...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic. In 2018 the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most National Assembly seats in the general elections, and the party’s leader, Imran Khan, became prime minister. While independent observers noted technical improvements in the Election Commission of Pakistan’s...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Introduction. Thank you, Roy. It is a pleasure to join you today. You know you’ve finally made it as a U.S. diplomat when you are invited to speak at the Meridian House. This truly is one of Washington’s, and perhaps this country’s, finest architectural treasures. I am also humbled to be in the company...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Crimea. Note: Except where otherwise noted, references in this report do not include areas controlled by Russia-led forces in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine or Russia-occupied Crimea. At the end of this report is a section listing abuses in Russia-occupied Crimea. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Ukraine is ...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Cameroon is a republic dominated by a strong presidency. The president retains power over the legislative and judicial branches of government. The ruling political party, the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, has remained in power since its creation in 1985. The country held legislative elections...
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will deliver on-camera remarks on the release of the 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices at 1:30 p.m. on April 12, 2022, in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
Release: Whitney Baird is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
By State Newswire | Apr 12, 2022
News Release: The U.S. Department of State has publicly designated former Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia Nikola Gruevski and former Director of the Department for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) Sasho Mijalkov as well as Gordana Tadić of Bosnia and Herzegovina from the chief prosecutor’s ...
