Office Home Office Home About Us Leadership Family Portal Remarks and Releases HomeBureaus & Offices > The Secretary of State …Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs hide Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Our Mission The Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs leads and partners with an inclusive coalition of government and private sector organizations to secure the freedom of U.S. national hostages and wrongful detainees held abroad, support their families, and end the practice of hostage diplomacy. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger D. Carstens Follow Us: Twitter Has your loved one been arrested or detained abroad? Contact the Overseas Citizen Services Office From the U.S. & Canada: 1-888-407-4747 From Overseas: +1 202-501-4444 Find the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. The Latest July 19, 2022 Issuance of Executive Order on Bolstering Ongoing Efforts to Bring Hostages and Wrongfully Detained U.S. Nationals Home We continue to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to bring home U.S. nationals held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. Today, the President signed a new executive order (E.O.), which builds on the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act, to provide the U.S. government expanded tools to deter and disrupt hostage-taking and wrongful detentions. March 8, 2024 Secretary Antony J. Blinken’s Video Remarks at U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day Event February 12, 2024 Secretary Blinken to Deliver Keynote Remarks on Hostage Diplomacy at the Wilson Center December 27, 2023 Marking Five Years Since Paul Whelan’s Wrongful Detention More Back to Top