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2013
-05/21/13  Special Envoy Hussain Travels to Holocaust Sites in Poland; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/20/13  Secretary Kerry Names New Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/17/13  State Department Hosts Workshop Promoting Labor and Human Rights Through Investment; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/13/13  Ambassador-At-Large Stephen J. Rapp to Travel to Bangladesh; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/13/13  U.S. Department of State Announces First 2013 Sports Envoy Program Advancing Disability Rights and Inclusion in China; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/08/13  State Department Call With U.S. Buyers in Bangladesh Ready-Made Garment Sector; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/07/13  Taken Question: Reports of Mistreatment of Palestinian Christians Attempting to Attend Orthodox Easter Services; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/03/13  Assistant Secretary Hammer to Travel to Costa Rica and Miami; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/02/13  Burma: Termination of Presidential Proclamation 6925; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/01/13  U.S. Department of State Announces First 2013 Sports Visitor Exchange Program Advancing Disability Rights and Inclusion; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/30/13  Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Visits China; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/30/13  Renewal of the Charter for the Advisory Committee on the Secretary of State's Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/30/13  U.S. Department of State Launches Central America Journalism Security Hub; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/26/13  Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor To Travel to the Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/22/13  Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies Tillemann Travels to Silicon Valley, Mongolia, and Burma; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/12/13  Release of Magnitsky List; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/11/13  G8 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Statement; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/11/13  U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/05/13  Assistant Secretary Hammer To Travel to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/05/13  Reports of Saudi Paralysis Sentence (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/03/13  Ambassador at Large Stephen J. Rapp To Participate in Discussion on the Ability of Hague Tribunals to Protect Human Rights; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/25/13  Key U.S. Outcomes at the UN Human Rights Council 22nd Session; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/23/13  Strengthening the Inter-American System on Human Rights; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/21/13  Deputy Secretary William J. Burns To Lead U.S. Delegation to the Organization of American States Special General Assembly; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/20/13  U.S. Releases First Ever Voluntary Principles Report; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/13/13  2013 Washington, DC Fulbright Enrichment Seminar on "Democracy and Human Rights: Civic Activism and the Media"; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/08/13  2013 Internet Freedom Fellows; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/08/13  Ambassador Robert King, Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, Travels to Geneva; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/05/13  U.S. Department of State Hosts Tech@State: Internet Freedom Conference; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-02/27/13  Ambassador at Large Stephen J. Rapp To Travel to Ottawa, Canada; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-02/25/13  Assistant Secretary of State Posner's Human Rights Visit to Burma; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-02/19/13  Assistant Secretary Posner Makes Human Rights Visits to Cambodia and Burma; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-02/13/13  Assistant Secretary Michael Posner's Travel to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Egypt; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/31/13  Secretary Clinton Announces Up to $86.5 Million in New Public-Private Partnerships; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/30/13  Secretary Clinton To Announce Launch of Up to $86.5 Million in Public-Private Partnerships; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/24/13  Department of State Marks United Nations International Day of Commemoration for Victims of the Holocaust (Shoah); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/16/13  Holocaust-Era Looted Art;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/11/13  Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner Travels to Haiti; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC

2012
-12/18/12  Human Rights in Belarus on the Anniversary of the December 19, 2010 Crackdown; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-12/10/12  International Human Rights Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/10/12  Scores of Cuban Democracy Activists Detained on the Eve of Human Rights Day; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/23/12  Roundtable Discussion With Investors on UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/19/12  Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Opens "Religion, Violence, and Coexistence" Panel Discussion; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/21/12  Special Advisor for International Disability Rights Heumann to Travel to Finland and Russia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/21/12  Special Envoys Rosenthal and Davidson Commemorate the MS St. Louis with Survivors; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/18/12  Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Traveling to Geneva and Brussels; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/06/12  Statement by Assistant Secretary of State Michael H. Posner on his Visit to Uganda;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Kampala, Uganda
-07/31/12  UN Guiding Principles On Business And Human Rights Workshop; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/30/12  State Department Unveils Format and Interface Upgrades for 2011 International Religious Freedom Reports; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/27/12  Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook to Present Annual International Religious Freedom Report; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/24/12  Assistant Secretary Posner on the U.S.- China Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/24/12  Conclusion of U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/20/12  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Rosenthal Visits London; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/19/12  U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue; Washington, DC
-07/17/12  Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism Rosenthal Visits Hungary; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/11/12  World Population Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/10/12  Reflections on My Experience in Mannheim, Germany; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Mannheim, Germany
-07/06/12  Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism Rosenthal Visits Germany and Poland; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/20/12  Statement from Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal on Recent Events in Hungary; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Released by U.S. Embassy Hungary
-06/05/12  Assistant Secretary Posner Travel to Libya; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/25/12  USOSCE Screening of The Rescuers; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Washington, DC
-05/17/12  Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal in Rome, Italy and Vatican City; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/03/12  Highlights of the U.S. Department of State and USAID's Efforts to Support Press and Media Freedom; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/18/12  Special Envoy Rosenthal to Visit Latvia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/18/12  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal Travel to Sweden; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/18/12  U.S.- China Legal Experts Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/17/12  Community of Democracies Appoints First Secretary-General;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/12  International Holocaust Remembrance Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/25/12  Conversations With America: The Role of Religion in Foreign Policy; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC

2011
-12/09/11  International Human Rights Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-11/15/11  Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism to Speak at Conferences and Meet Civil Society Groups in United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Estonia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/07/11  Conversations with America: Recent Trends in Anti-Semitism Around the World; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/07/11  U.S.-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/21/11  Discussing Democracy and Human Rights Policy in the Obama Administration; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/15/11  Determination and Certification of the Colombian Government with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/10/11  Office of International Religious Freedom Provides Holocaust Education Grant to Centropa; Washington, DC
-08/10/11  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Receives Award from the Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project; Washington, DC
-07/29/11  Assistant Secretary Michael Posner Travels to Sudan and South Sudan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/13/11  Assistant Secretary Posner to Speak on Internet Freedom at New America Foundation; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/27/11  U.S. Department of State Hosts TechCamp Vilnius; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/15/11  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal to Travel to Lithuania and Belgium; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/31/11  Second Round of the High-Level Partnership Dialogue between the United States and Colombia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/16/11  Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook sworn in as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-05/11/11  Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors the Work of Father Patrick Desbois; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/04/11  Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights & Labor Michael Posner To Discuss Human Rights and the Internet; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/02/11  Defending Press Freedom in the 21st Century; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/21/11  United States and China To Hold Human Rights Dialogue; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Chinese
-04/01/11  Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal To Speak at Indiana University; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/30/11  The United Nations Human Rights Council; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/01/11  UN General Assembly Suspends Libya's Human Rights Council Membership;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/20/11  Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner to Visit Afghanistan and Pakistan; Washington, DC
-01/17/11  Prosecutor for Special Tribunal for Lebanon Files Indictment for Confirmation by Pre-Trial Judge;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/17/11  Successful Completion of Polling in the Southern Sudan Referendum;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/14/11  Religious Freedom Day, 2011; The White House Office of the Press Secretary; Washington, DC
-01/13/11  Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner to Discuss the Authoritarian Challenge to Democracy; Washington, DC

2010
-12/09/10  Human Rights Day 2010;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/07/10  U.S. to Host World Press Freedom Day in 2011;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/08/10  Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh to Attend the Signing of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/04/10  Special Representative Rosenthal to Address Inter-parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/03/10  U. S. Government Statement On Ukraine's Local Elections; Kyiv, Ukraine
-10/18/10  Launch of Human Rights Resource Center for ASEAN; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/15/10  Democracy Photo Challenge Winners Announced During International Day of Democracy; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/15/10  Determination and Certification of the Colombian Government and Armed Forces with Respect to Human Rights Related Conditions; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/31/10  Attacks on Afghan School Children;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-08/24/10  Release of the U.S. Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Report; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/20/10  U.S. Ambassador's Statement on the National Bank of Romania's Decision to Issue a Commemorative Coin for Patriarch Miron Cristea; Released by the U.S. Embassy; Bucharest, Romania
-06/15/10  Nomination of Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-06/07/10  Joint Department of State-Department of Labor Conference to Focus on the Global Fight Against Child Labor; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/03/10  World Press Freedom Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/08/10  International Roma Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/25/10  Jakarta Interfaith Event; Washington, DC
-01/20/10  Arson Attacks on Etz-Hayyim Synagogue; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-01/11/10  Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iran;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC

2009
-09/25/09  Election of Prime Minister of Moldova;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-03/31/09  U.S. to Run for Election to the UN Human Rights Council; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/27/09  Human Rights Commitments and Pledges of the United States of America; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/01/09  World Press Freedom Day ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/12/09  Election of the United States to the Human Rights Council;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-08/19/09  Commemoration of World Humanitarian Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Secretary Clinton Honors Champions of Human Rights: Marks International Human Rights Day; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC


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