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February 6, 2022
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
The U.S. joins the international community in observing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation and recommits to ending this grave human rights abuse.
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February 5, 2022
Joint Statement on the Strategic Dialogue Between the U.S. and Poland
The Strategic Dialogue focused on shared values and interests, reaffirming the strong, steady, and deepening bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Poland.
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February 3, 2022
Accountability for Repression of Belarusian Athletes Abroad
The Department of State is imposing visa restrictions on multiple Belarusian nationals under the “Khashoggi Ban," a tool the Administration announced last year to counter transnational repression.
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Switzerland ![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and UK Minister of State for Middle East, North Africa and North America James Cleverly in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blinken_germany_quad_meeting.jpg)
![Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blinken_germany_baerbock.jpg)
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