Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Todd D. Robinson will travel to Morocco and Algeria from November 12–21 to discuss key initiatives and to advance shared interests of security, stability, and economic prosperity. Assistant Secretary Robinson will engage with security, justice, and law enforcement officials, in addition to […]

Today, the United States joined 45 endorsing states to launch the implementation of the Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy.  This groundbreaking initiative contains ten concrete measures to guide the responsible development and use of military applications of AI and autonomy.  The Declaration, and the measures it outlines, are an […]

MR PATEL:  Hey, everybody.  Thanks so much for joining us this morning for this preview call to preview both Secretary Blinken and President Biden’s visit to APEC.  This call will be on the record but embargoed until the call’s conclusion.  And joining us today we have the senior official for APEC, Ambassador Matt Murray.  We’ll […]

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta will travel to Reykjavik, Iceland from November 13 to 15.  On November 14, Ambassador-at-Large Rao Gupta will speak at the Reykjavik Global Forum-Women Leaders, a conference co-hosted by the Government of Iceland and the Parliament of Iceland, in partnership with Women Political Leaders, a global […]

On behalf of the people of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Sint Maarten on your Sint Maarten Day celebration.   The longstanding friendship between our two countries demonstrates the people-to-people ties, shared history, and common values that bind us.  We partner together through joint law enforcement efforts to disrupt transnational criminal networks and make […]

U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Ambassador Dyer, will travel to Laos on November 12-15 to discuss Laos’ anti-trafficking efforts and build understanding on anti-trafficking infrastructure with a wide range of government and civil society stakeholders. Ambassador Dyer will address the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report and advocate for progress in the most critical areas, […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will travel to San Francisco, California from November 13-17 to co-host the APEC Ministerial Meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai and participate in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week meetings. In San Francisco, Secretary Blinken will advance our APEC host year policy priorities for an “interconnected, […]

Today, the U.S. Department of State, in collaboration with the Institute of International Education (IIE), released the annual Open Doors Report. According to the Open Doors data, the United States was once again the top destination for international study in the 2022-2023 academic year, and more than 1 million international students studied at U.S. colleges […]

The United States prioritizes working with global partners to advance rights-respecting technology governance through multistakeholder and multilateral fora.  To further these efforts, U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for Digital Freedom Eileen Donahoe joined French Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noël Barrot, State Secretary for Children Charlotte Caubel, and Ambassador for Digital Affairs Henri Verdier […]