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Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Momen

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Russia’s Suspension from the UN Human Rights Council

Release: By suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, countries around the world chose to hold Moscow to account today for gross and systematic violations of human rights in its premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war of choice against Ukraine. We have seen growing evidence of Russia’s brutal...



Release: It is my honor to be here with you this afternoon on the solemn occasion of Kwibuka 28. Thank you to Ambassador Mukantabana for inviting me. It is a privilege to be here as we come together to “Remember, Unite, and Renew.".


DOS-INL grant application closes on June 7

Sustaining and Scaling Up Efective Comunity Anti-Drug Coalitions grant opened on April 7.


Release: The text of the following statement was released by the G7 foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union.


Foreign Affairs Committee and the bills it addressed on April 7

There was activity on four bills related to the Foreign Affairs Committee on April 7.


The US State Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Cultural Property Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting discussed on April 5 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a great pleasure to meet my friend, the foreign minister. We’ve been together in all different parts of the world, but it’s particularly good to have colleagues from the Asia Pacific here at NATO. We are building stronger ties between NATO and our...


There was activity on nine bills related to the Foreign Relations Committee on April 7.


Additional State Department Designations Targeting Russian State-Owned Defense Shipbuilding Enterprise

Release: Today, in its latest action to impose severe costs on Russia’s defense establishment in response to Putin’s war of choice, the Department of State is designating 29 entities and eight individuals pursuant to E.O. 14024. Russia’s defense establishment is directly responsible for the Kremlin’s horrific...


McCaul Named China Legislation Conferee

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced that House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) will serve as a China legislation conferee.


Food Security and the Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine

Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C. (Telephonic).


State Department discusses Designation of Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist on April 6

The US State Department published a two page notice on April 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


DOS-ZWE grant application closes on May 8

2022/2023 EducationUSA Oportunity Funds Program grant opened on April 7.


Targeting Additional Russian Financial Institutions, Officials, and Other Individuals

Release: The United States is united with our allies and partners to ensure the Government of Russia pays a severe price for causing such death and destruction in Ukraine, and particularly for the horrors in Bucha and elsewhere. In furtherance of this goal, today we are implementing full blocking sanctions on...


Department of State Offers Reward for Information to Bring Transnational Criminal to Justice

Release: The Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Semion Mogilevich, a longtime transnational criminal currently living in Russia. Mogilevich is wanted in the United States for his alleged participation between 1993 and 1998 in ...


News Release: On this day three years ago, hundreds of thousands of Sudanese people embarked on a peaceful sit-in, demanding the opportunity to shape their country’s destiny. The sit-in included Sudanese from all walks of life and all parts of the country: doctors and farmers, women and youth, people hailing from ...