By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
22.PMWRA.Afghanistan.AIM Project.NOFO grant opened on April 4.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to Brussels, Belgium, April 5 to 7, 2022, to attend the NATO Foreign Ministerial. At the Ministerial, the Secretary will have the opportunity to highlight NATO’s essential role in preserving Transatlantic security, including our joint efforts to hold President ...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: With U.S. conventional weapons destruction (CWD) assistance in 2021, South and Central Asian countries worked to clear landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contamination, and secure weapons and ammunition stockpiles. Humanitarian mine action operations in Afghanistan continue despite the August...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: The following is the text of a joint statement released by the Governments of the United States and Turkey.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: In 2021, U.S. conventional weapons destruction (CWD) assistance to the Middle East and North Africa enhanced regional stability and improved human security. In Iraq, Lebanon, and Libya improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and landmines emplaced by ISIS, as well as explosive remnants of war (ERW) are a...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: On April 4, 2022, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs released the 21st Edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety, a report underscoring the accomplishments of the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Program in 2021.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: And joining me now is the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Meet the Press.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Latvia.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: In 2021, U.S. investments in conventional weapons destruction (CWD) in Africa contributed to lasting security and economic growth in areas where explosive hazards hinder the safe return of displaced people, access to water sources, and limit the safety and socioeconomic growth of local civilian populations.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the reports of gross human rights violations recently revealed as the Ukrainian Armed Forces retook areas previously occupied by Russia:
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness Friday in Washington, D.C. to commemorate 60 years of diplomatic relations with the United States, as Jamaica marks the 60th anniversary of its independence. On behalf ...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Promoting Civic Leadership & Participation grant opened on April 4.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have Foreign Minister Momen here and to be able to work together on strengthening more the partnership between the United States and Bangladesh. We are in fact celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations. And even as we think back on those 50 years, we’re really looking ahead to the start of the next 50 and the work that we can do together, as I said, to strengthen our partnership.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: In 2021, U.S. conventional weapons destruction (CWD) support in Europe continued to improve regional security and build national capacity in Eastern Europe by investing in efforts to prevent accidental explosions at munitions depots storing older, unstable ammunition; clear landmines and explosive remnants...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Lee Satterfield is traveling to Croatia and Cyprus from April 3-9, 2022.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: On April 4, 2022, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs released the 21st Edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety, a report underscoring the accomplishments of the U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) Program in 2021.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend best wishes and congratulations to the people and government of Senegal on the 62nd anniversary of your independence.
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
News Release: QUESTION: Joining me now is U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. So I want to start with those horrific images and reports from Bucha. What is your reaction? And do you see evidence here of crimes against humanity? SECRETARY BLINKEN: Dana, you can’t help ...
By State Newswire | Apr 4, 2022
Release: Thousands of communities across East Asia and the Pacific face dangers from landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating back to the Second World War, Vietnam War, and Indochina Wars. Numerous Pacific Island nations were the setting of battles between Japan and Allied forces in the 1940s. After World...
