Fact Sheet
Washington, DC
May 9, 2013

Office of the Spokesperson, Washington, DC
May 8, 2013

Special Briefing Senior State Department Officials

Via Teleconference

Washington, DC

May 2, 2013

MODERATOR: Thank you. Thanks, everyone for joining us here for a background conference call on Burma sanctions. I’m going to introduce our two Senior State Department Officials. For your records only, they are [Senior State Department Officials]. And from here on out, they will be known as Senior State Department Officials One and Two. And with that, let me turn it over to them for an opening statement, and then we’ll take some of your questions.

Fact Sheet

Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

April 20, 2013

Following his meetings with Syrian Coalition President al-Khatib, members of the Coalition’s leadership, and international partners supporting the Syrian opposition, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the United States’ intention to double non-lethal assistance to the Syrian opposition, as well as provide additional humanitarian aid to Syrians in need.

April 18, 2013, Addis Ababa – The U.S. Government launched the African Alliance for Improved Food Processing in Ethiopia today, a new project that is designed to increase the quality and competitiveness of the Ethiopian food processing sector and to expand the availability of affordable and nutritious foods.

Summary

Founded on January 13, 2012, the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) helps the Secretary improve the effectiveness and coherence of the U.S. government’s response tooverseas crises.With the hard work of our staff, the efforts of State’s regional and functional bureaus, and the cooperation of our interagency partners such as USAID and the Department of Justice, CSO made notable progress over the past year.

Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
April 4, 2013

Kabul – U.S. Ambassador McFarland and Foreign Deputy Minister Jawid Ludin signed agreements allocating $249 million for joint programs in counternarcotics, rule of law and law enforcement. The funds will support key programs that aim to achieve shared goals toward better governance in improving the administration of justice and enhanced rule of law, continuing the development of a safe, secure and humane corrections system, and increasing security through curtailment of the narcotics trade.

Contact: U.S. Embassy, Public Affairs Section (051-208-2911, 051-208-1136)

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Multan, March 07, 2013 −“USAID is committed to supporting citizens to engage with their government in the development process,” said Mr. Jock Conly, USAID Mission Director, at the conference. He added, “Pakistan has a vibrant civil society and USAID is pleased to provide resources to support advocacy for reform, especially when it comes to the important issue of water.”