Tag: US Department of State
U.S. Secretary Clinton Announces Launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women's Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the launch of the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council today on the margins of the UN...
Stanford Law School Receives U.S. Government Grant to Expand Afghanistan Legal Education Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced a five-year, $7.2 million grant to Stanford...
A New Beginning Exchange to Connect International and American Entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Entrepreneurs and business leaders from 30 countries will travel to the United States from September 24 through October 12 as...
Social Good Summit – Community of Democracies Meetings to Address Key Issues Related to Emerging Democracies and Civil Society
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Community of Democracies (CD) will convene a series of meetings in New York from September 23-25 on the margins...
Proposed Marine Protected Area in Antarctica's Ross Sea – one of the last great ocean wilderness areas on the planet
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In order to advance marine protection and scientific research in one of the last great ocean wilderness areas on the...
U.S. Department of State Hosts TechCamp Kyiv to Build Digital Literacy of Civil Society
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- From September 12-13, 2012, the U.S. Department of State will host TechCamp Kyiv at Master Klass Cultural Center in Kyiv,...
U.S. Department of State Launches 'Innovation in Arms Control Challenge'
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In the spirit of harnessing the ingenuity of the American people, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control,...
U.S. International Security Advisory Board Report entitled Mutual Assured Stability: Essential Components and Near Term Actions
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The International Security Advisory Board (ISAB) has completed a report entitled Mutual Assured Stability: Essential Components and Near Term Actions....
U.S. Departments of State and Energy Meet with Linkin Park on Access to Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy Rick Duke met...
U.S. State Department Contributes Additional $41 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States is pleased to announce its third contribution this fiscal year toward the 2012 operations of the United...
US State Department Unveils Format and Interface Upgrades for 2011 International Religious Freedom Reports
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has transmitted the 2011 International Religious Freedom Report to Congress and released it to the...
U.S. Department of State Launches 'Empowering Women and Girls through Sports' Photo Contest on ExchangesConnect
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs launched today the "Empowering Women and Girls through Sports"...
U.S. Department of State Welcomes Teachers of Critical Languages Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Twenty four teachers from China and Egypt have arrived in the U.S. to teach Mandarin and Arabic in U.S. elementary...
U.S. Department of State Announces Museums Connect Cultural Exchange 2012 Awardees
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the American Association of Museums, announced...
UN Office on Drugs and Crime Launches Public Service Announcement on Transnational Organized Crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On July 16, the Vienna-based UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a public service announcement (PSA) as part...
United States Increases Sanctions Against the Government of Iran and its Proliferation Networks – Actions Target More Than 50 Entities
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile proliferation networks, and is also taking...
TechGirls: U.S. Empowering Girls in the Middle East and North Africa through Technology
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that the inaugural group of TechGirls –...
Annual Report released online, Celebrating Fulbright at 65: A Gift to the World
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board released its 47th Annual Report this week at the Board’s public quarterly meeting...
Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative Announces First Round of Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, the Department of State is pleased to...
Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports: Sports Envoys Kiesha Brown, Tamika Raymond Travel to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced today that former WNBA players Tamika Raymond...
U.S. Department of State Honors Lia Putkaradze of Georgia as State Alumni Member of the Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State selected Lia Putkaradze as June's State Alumni Member of the Month in recognition of her...
U.S. Department of State Launches Center Stage Bringing Cultural Diplomacy to Main Street America
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, the U.S. Department of State announced it will raise the curtain June 19 on its groundbreaking cultural diplomacy initiative,...
Winners of the Human Rights Defenders Award for Valor and Leadership Announced
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that Ales Byalyatski of Belarus and Uganda's Civil Society Coalition on...
U.S. Department of State Announces International Exchange to Connect Women Entrepreneurs in the Americas
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Recognizing that investing in women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is one of the best ways to accelerate economic and social growth, the U.S. Department of State announced today an international exchange that brings 34 women entrepreneurs to the United States to develop business networks with their U.S. colleagues.
United States and Singapore become Hague Abduction Convention Partners
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On May 1, 2012, the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction entered into force between...
