News and reports from the State Department.

News Release: The Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources Assistant Secretary Geoffrey R. Pyatt will travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 8-12 to participate in the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While there, he will participate ...

News Release: Today, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Michael R. Bloomberg, Special Envoy to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Ambition and Solutions and Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, jointly announced $3 million in support of the Subnational Climate Action Leaders’ ...

Release: The United States welcomes the first verdict issued by the Special Criminal Court (SCC) on October 31 against Issa Sallet Adoum, Yaouba Ousmane, and Mahamat Tahir, all members of the rebel group known as 3R. In the judgment, the accused were convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes for severe violence committed in a massacre of at least 46 civilians in May 2019.

News Release: The following joint statement was released by the Governments of Canada and the United States of America on the meeting of the Canada-United States Joint Action Plan on Opioids Steering Committee.

News Release: The United States continues to take steps to limit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s access to logistical and financial resources for its unlawful ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs, which are in clear violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions and ...

News Release: Director of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Joan Polaschik is traveling to Thailand, India, and Austria November 7-18 to highlight FSI’s efforts to ready the Department’s workforce for the mission demands of today and tomorrow through training and learning opportunities.

Release: Today, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and Michael R. Bloomberg, Special Envoy to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Ambition and Solutions and Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, jointly announced $3 million in support of the Subnational Climate Action Leaders’...

News Release: On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes to the people of Cambodia as you celebrate 69 years of independence on November 9.

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to welcome my colleague from the Bahamas, Foreign Minister Mitchell, here to the State Department - I should say back to the State Department, a veteran of this building. But Fred, it’s wonderful to have you here, to have the whole team here.

“PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS“ was published in the House section on pages H8428-H8429 on Nov. 3

News Release: Two years ago today, people across Burma voted in credible and peaceful multiparty elections that were a milestone in the nation’s progress toward democratic governance after a half-century of military rule. While these elections reaffirmed the commitment of the people of Burma to democracy, the Burma military regime denied the will of the voters. In February 2021, it staged a coup d’état that reversed a decade of democratic progress.

Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to South Africa, Tanzania, Liberia, and Belgium from November 7 to Nov. 17, 2022. Her 10-day trip will prioritize working with U.S. diplomatic missions on policy and messaging priorities, including the importance ...

News Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Welcome the foreign ministers from Armenia and Azerbaijan – Foreign Minister Mirzoyan, Foreign Minister Bayramov – here to Blair House, to Washington, to pursue what have been, I think, very productive discussions that we initiated in New York at the UN General Assembly and then in ...

The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Release: Acting Assistant Secretary for Global Public Affairs Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau will travel to South Africa, Tanzania, Liberia, and Belgium from November 7 to Nov. 17, 2022. Her 10-day trip will prioritize working with U.S. diplomatic missions on policy and messaging priorities, including the importance...