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News Release: A free and independent press plays a critical role in promoting democracy and shining a light on developments around the world – whether daunting or hopeful. Journalists are the bedrock of an independent press, providing the public with facts and holding governments to account, often while facing danger and adversity.  On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we reiterate our calls for justice for brave journalists across the globe.
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Assistant Secretary Medina’s Travel to Israel and Egypt

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources Monica P. Medina will travel to Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 3-5 as part of U.S.-Israel collaboration and knowledge-sharing on water reuse issues. While in Israel, she will meet with government officials and nongovernmental organizations and visit U.S.-supported water projects.
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On the African Union-led Peace Talks

News Release: We welcome the momentous step taken in Pretoria today to advance the African Union’s campaign to “silence the guns” with the signing of a cessation of hostilities between the Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. We commend the parties for taking this initial step to agree ...
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Secretary Blinken’s Call with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Park

Release: The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price.
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Additional Humanitarian Funding For Flood Response In Pakistan

Additional Humanitarian Funding For Flood Response In Pakistan
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Administrator Samantha Power’S Interview On Cnn’S Anderson Cooper 360

Administrator Samantha Power’S Interview On Cnn’S Anderson Cooper 360
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Administrator Samantha Power’S Meeting With International Rescue Committee President And Ceo David Miliband

Administrator Samantha Power’S Meeting With International Rescue Committee President And Ceo David Miliband
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Administrator Samantha Power Congratulates Usaid’S Jeremy Konyndyk On Appointment As President Of Refugees International

Administrator Samantha Power Congratulates Usaid’S Jeremy Konyndyk On Appointment As President Of Refugees International
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Administrator Samantha Power Travels To Atlanta To Launch New Partnership With Morehouse College

Administrator Samantha Power Travels To Atlanta To Launch New Partnership With Morehouse College
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Statement By Administrator Samantha Power On The One Year Anniversary Of The Sudanese Military’S Seizure Of Power

Statement By Administrator Samantha Power On The One Year Anniversary Of The Sudanese Military’S Seizure Of Power
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Administrator Samantha Power Meets With Alain Ebobissė, Africa50 Chief Executive Officer

Administrator Samantha Power Meets With Alain Ebobissė, Africa50 Chief Executive Officer
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Statement By Administrator Samantha Power On Escalating Violence Against Protesters In Chad

Statement By Administrator Samantha Power On Escalating Violence Against Protesters In Chad
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Risch, Menendez: Tajikistan Must Reverse Course, Uphold Press Freedoms

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, yesterday sent a letter to the President of Tajikistan sharing their concerns over an escalation of violent harassment of journalists and the government’s failure to protect freedoms of speech and press.
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Risch: Ethiopia’s War Must End, Accountability is Critical

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement marking two years since the start of the war in northern Ethiopia:
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U.S. Delegation to the 2022 UN Climate Conference (COP27)

Release: From November 6-18, 2022, senior U.S. officials from over 16 agencies and organizations will travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to advance climate ambition and ensure a strong outcome at the 2022 UN Climate Conference (COP27).
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DPRK ICBM Test

News Release: The United States condemns the DPRK’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch. This launch is a clear violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and demonstrates the threat the DPRK’s unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs pose to its neighbors, the ...
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Secretary Blinken Participates in a Conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the U.S.-German Futures Forum    

Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a moderated conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the U.S.-German Futures Forum on Thursday, November 3 at 8:00 a.m. EDT in Münster, Germany. Journalist Ingo Zamperoni will moderate their discussion focusing on “The Future of Democracy in a Digital World."
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Federated States of Micronesia Independence Day

Release: On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I congratulate the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) on the 36th anniversary of your independence on November 3.
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U.S. Delegation to the 2022 UN Climate Conference (COP27)

News Release: From November 6-18, 2022, senior U.S. officials from over 16 agencies and organizations will travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to advance climate ambition and ensure a strong outcome at the 2022 UN Climate Conference (COP27).
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Secretary Blinken Participates in a Conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the U.S.-German Futures Forum

News Release: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in a moderated conversation with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the U.S.-German Futures Forum on Thursday, November 3 at 8:00 a.m. EDT in Münster, Germany. Journalist Ingo Zamperoni will moderate their discussion focusing on “The Future ...
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