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    U.S. Delegation Meeting With Taliban Representatives

    Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West led a senior interagency delegation to continue discussions with senior Taliban representatives and technocratic professionals in Doha, Qatar.

  • June 30, 2022

    The Harsh Sentencing of Human Rights Defenders in Cuba

    The U.S. is deeply concerned by ongoing harsh sentencing of political protesters, and we will continue to work with our partners to demonstrate our collective support for the rights of Cubans who are unjustly detained.

  • June 30, 2022

    Hong Kong 25 Years After Handover

    On July 1, we mark the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China. This date was envisioned as the halfway point of 50 years of promised autonomy under the “One Country, Two Systems” framework.

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Food security is having enough safe and nutritious food to eat. Food insecurity can destabilize societies, increase hunger and malnutrition, drive migration and conflict, and cause severe economic dislocation.

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