News and reports from the State Department.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Suriname. During the review period, the government made significant progress in four areas: (1) publishing a budget that included major sources of revenue and expenditure; (2) ensuring actual revenues and expenditures reasonably correspond to those in the enacted...

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Somalia

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Oman. During the review period, the government made significant progress by ensuring its sovereign wealth fund had a sound legal framework and disclosed its sources of funding and general approach to withdrawals. The government made its enacted budget and end-of-year...

Release: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Abuja, Nigeria, September 12-13 and Dakar, Senegal, September 14-15, where he will engage in discussions with government counterparts and the private sector regarding strengthening climate action and the upcoming 27th Conference of the...

Release: THE WASHINGTON FOREIGN PRESS CENTER, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Remarks to the UNICEF Executive Board

News Release: MR PATEL: Good afternoon, everybody, and Happy Friday. Welcome to this press call to preview Secretary Blinken’s upcoming travel to Mexico on Monday, September 12th for the 2022 U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue. Joining us today is Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian ...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: People's Republic of China.

News Release: The United States is, and will continue to be, a global leader in international humanitarian response, including through refugee resettlement. We have prioritized rebuilding and strengthening the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in a strategic, sustainable way that positions the program on a durable ...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Belize. During the review period, the government made its enacted budget, end-of-year report, and information on debt obligations widely accessible to the public, including online. However, it did not publish an executive budget proposal within a reasonable period.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Laos. During the review period, the government did not make its executive budget proposal or end-of-year report publicly available online. It did publish its enacted budget, though not within a reasonable period, and published a partial end-of-year report. Limited...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: People's Republic of China.

News Release: Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tim Betts will travel to Israel September 9-13. During the trip, he will join Ambassador Nides at a 9/11 commemoration ceremony at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), meet with Israeli counterparts to discuss regional security and counterterrorism cooperation, and deliver remarks at the ICT’s annual summit meeting in Herzliya September 13.

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Algeria. During the review period, the government made significant progress by disclosing debt of major state-owned enterprises. The government published its executive budget proposal and enacted its budget within a reasonable period but did not publish an end-of-year...

Release: Government-by-Government Assessments: Republic of the Congo.