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U.S. Higher Education Guidance Counselor Training Program grant opened on March 3.
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira
Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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Risch, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Introducing Bipartisan Resolution Underscoring Urgency of Combatting IUU Fishing, Associated Criminal Activity
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in introducing a bipartisan resolution underscoring the threats posed by illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing to security, prosperity, and biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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MENACA Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Expanding the Abraham Accords”
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia will convene a hearing entitled, “Expanding the Abraham Accords" on Thursday, March 9th.
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Deputy Assistant Secretary Maxine Burkett’s Remarks “Summit of the Americas Ad Hoc Technical Group on Our Sustainable Green Future”
Release: Good afternoon National Coordinators of the Summit Process, Deputy Coordinators, other distinguished delegates, technical experts, Joint Summit Working Group institutions, and Summits Secretariat representatives.
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United States Engagement with the G20
Release: Secretary Blinken will travel to New Delhi, India, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, to deepen cooperation and tackle pressing global challenges from strengthening food, energy, health, and women’s security to spurring investments in clean technology, and advancing progress toward achieving...
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Before Their Meeting
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, as always. And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister. Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year. Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that...
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Hoekstra
News Release: The following is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Vieira
News Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price
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DOS-HUN offers new grant application process starting March 3
U.S. Embassy Budapest, PDS - FY23 Annual Program Statement (APS) grant opened on March 3.
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DOS-ARM offers new grant application process starting March 3
Democracy Commission Small Grants Program Competition grant opened on March 3.
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Persecution of Journalists in Guatemala
News Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.
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DRL Transitional Justice Rapid Response Consortium
Release: United States Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL). Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Transitional Justice Rapid Response Consortium. This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0009486. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345. Type...
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi Before Their Meeting
Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: It’s great to be with you, as always. And I’m just so pleased to be able to spend time with the foreign minister. Indonesia had a very successful leadership of the G20 last year. Now we’re in the process of the active handover to our friends in India, but it’s a strong agenda that...
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Smith's bill advances to House floor: 'China’s organ harvesting industry is truly barbaric’
Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced that the Foreign Affairs Committee has voted unanimously to advance his bill that aims to combat the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) practice of forcibly harvesting organs from living prisoners.
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Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group
Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meeting.
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Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group
News Release: The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Governments of Italy, Morocco, and Niger on the occasion of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Africa Focus Group meeting.
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Risch: U.S. Shouldn’t Rush to Embrace Nigerian Election Results
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on Nigeria’s recent elections:
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Persecution of Journalists in Guatemala
Release: We are deeply concerned by reports of a court order to investigate nine Guatemalan journalists for obstruction of justice. These individuals include journalists from El Periódico and an independent media organization founder, José Rubén Zamora, who has been held in pre-trial detention since his arrest in July 2022.
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Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Before Their Meeting
News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It’s good to see you all, and I’m especially pleased to see my friend, the foreign minister of Brazil. We were together just recently with President Lula’s visit. So a great opportunity to follow up on what we thought was a very successful visit of President ...
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