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Deputy Secretary Sherman to Deliver Opening Remarks at the U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment Shatter Summit

Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will deliver opening remarks at the first-ever U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment Shatter Summit, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and the Shatter Foundation on January 26 at the U.S. Department of State. Assistant to the President...


News Release: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman will deliver opening remarks at the first-ever U.S.-India Alliance for Women’s Economic Empowerment Shatter Summit, co-hosted by the U.S. Department of State and the Shatter Foundation on January 26 at the U.S. Department of State. Assistant to the President ...


Delegation to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs for Country Reports on Terrorism discussed on Jan. 25 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The United States Assumes the 2023 Chairship of the Freedom Online Coalition

News Release: This month, the United States assumed the Chairship of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) for 2023. The FOC is a coalition of governments working together to support internet freedom and promote respect for human rights, including the freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, as well as privacy rights, both online and offline.


Release: We are committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world. Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian election.


DRL Advancing Freedom of Expression in Tanzania

Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Advancing Freedom of Expression in Tanzania. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0009346. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance...


DOS-DRL grant application closes on May 25

DRL FY23 Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement Round 1 grant opened on Jan. 26.




State Department discusses Implementation of HAVANA Act of 2021 on Jan. 25

The US State Department published a six page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: We are committed to supporting and advancing democracy in Nigeria and around the world. Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on specific individuals in Nigeria for undermining the democratic process in a recent Nigerian election.


Release: Representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States met at the envoys level in Geneva with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on January 24 to discuss the crisis in Syria. .


News Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and St. Louis, Missouri, from January 26-27. Her two-day trip underscores the importance the Department of State places on bringing U.S. foreign policy to the American ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the ongoing political violence in Peru:


News Release: Representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States met at the envoys level in Geneva with UN Special Envoy Geir Pedersen on January 24 to discuss the crisis in Syria. 


Risch: Tank Delay Was Costly, U.S. Should Do More

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 administration’s decision to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine:


State Department discusses Notice of a Public Meeting in Preparation for the International Maritime Organization FAL 47 Meeting on Jan. 25

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: I am announcing today the designation of former President of Panama Ricardo Alberto Martinelli Berrocal (“Martinelli") for his involvement in significant corruption. Specifically, Martinelli accepted bribes in exchange for improperly awarding government contracts during his tenure as the president. This section 7031(c) designations renders Martinelli and his immediate family members ineligible for entry into the United States.


Re-Delegation; Authority To Invoke the Deliberative-Process Privilege discussed on Jan. 25 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Release: The United States, as chair of the Summit of the Americas process, will convene a virtual meeting of Summit governments, Jan. 24, to strengthen the protection of environmental defenders in keeping with leaders’ commitments made in Los Angeles on June 9, 2022, at the Ninth Summit. Assistant Secretary...