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Ending Modern Slavery

Modern slavery is a crime that victimizes as many as 27 million men, women, and children around the world.

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USAID Joins Sanitation And Water For All

The United States invests hundreds of millions of dollars in water sector activities around the world.

Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, seen through a microscope.

On Neglected Tropical Diseases

Over a billion people, one in every six people living on this planet, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases.

Bosnia is making progress in its quest for European Union membership.

Progress In Bosnia And Herzegovina

The United States welcomes Bosnia and Herzegovina’s recent political progress.

Dr. Tomicah Tillemann at a press briefing at the United Nations in Geneva.

Strategic Dialogue With Civil Society 2012 Summit

Civil society groups are playing an increasingly important role in global affairs.

Marking World Press Freedom Day In Russia

Journalists around the world face blackmail, exile, imprisonment, assault and murder as they try to do their jobs.

VOA's Kurd Connection

VOA Kurdish At 20

In 1992, the Voice of America recognized a growing need to provide reliable news and information to Kurds.

Defending Press Freedom

Many journalists around the world who have been jailed, attacked, disappeared, and forced into exile or murdered for reporting truth.

Concern For Yulia Tymoshenko

Ms. Tymoshenko is serving a seven year sentence in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

Press Freedom Matters

Press freedom matters because without a free press, few other human rights are attainable.

Safeguarding IP Rights

The intent behind legal protection of intellectual property is to generate incentive to innovate.

On The Trade In Humans

Around the world, between 12 and 27 million people are living in modern slavery.

Foreign tourists in safari riverboats observe elephants along the Chobe river bank near Botswana's northern border where Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia. (File Photo)

Protecting Endangered Wildlife

The United States Congress established the Multinational Species Conservation Funds.

World Malaria Day 2012

On April 25th we observe World Malaria day, in hopes of highlighting the global effort to provide effective control of this disease.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the annual Open Government Partnership conference in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday April 17, 2012. Clinton is on a two-day visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Open Government Partnership

Fifty-five countries are now participating in the initiative, encompassing a quarter of the world’s people.

Somali boys fetch water from a puddle that formed after rain at the sprawling Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya, October 2011. (file photo)

More U.S. Money For Refugees

The United States is contributing $482.05 million toward the 2012 operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

President Barack Obama, left, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attend the plenary session of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Saturday April 14, 2012.

Fostering Civil Society In The Americas

To be successful, governments need the support and partnership of civil society.

Students pose for a photo with a globe during a campaign to mark the Earth Day in a middle school in Dexing, Jiangxi province, China (file photo).

Earth Day 2012

Earth Day is an opportunity to reflect on the impact of humans on the earth, and to consider how we as individuals can mitigate it.

Anna Politkovskaya

Defending Press Freedom In Russia

Russia continues to be a very dangerous country for journalists.

Je Nifanyeje?

Investing In Girls

Improving the lives of women begins with investing in girls.

UN Ministerial Meetings

Making U.S. Foreign Policy Effective

The United States is pursuing an integrated foreign policy, which includes defense, diplomacy, and development.


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