02/15/2019 09:59 AM EST Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC February 15, 2019 Today in Geneva, the United States announced $60 million in humanitarian assistance at the launch of the 2019 UN Joint Response Plan for Bangladesh. This funding will help address the emergency needs of more than 900,000 refugees in Bangladesh, most ...
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 15 February, 2019 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Standing with our Hemispheric neighbors: The United States is supporting our Hemispheric partners in addressing the needs of Venezuelans who have fled to the region.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 8 February, 2019 | Topics:
Fact Sheets, Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
We welcome the news that the UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) are making a second humanitarian aid delivery from Damascus to the Rukban encampment, providing critical food, medical care, warm clothes, and shelter materials.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 8 February, 2019 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, Near East & North Africa, Press Releases
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Secretary of State Pompeo announced that the United States is ready to provide more than $20 million in initial humanitarian assistance to the people of Venezuela as they struggle to cope with severe food and medicine shortages and the other dire impacts of their country’s political and economic crisis caused by the illegitimate Maduro regime.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 25 January, 2019 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News, Press Releases, U.S. Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Secretary Pompeo: "In order to further optimize the State Department and USAID’s humanitarian assistance, I have established a new senior-level mechanism for coordinating and overseeing U.S. humanitarian assistance – the Humanitarian Assistance Steering Council."
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 15 November, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, U.S. Secretary of State
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Press Statement by the U.S. Delegation to the Geneva International Discussions on the Conflict in Georgia (GID)
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 11 October, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, International Security, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs
The Administration has carefully reviewed the issue and determined that the United States will not make additional contributions to UNRWA.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 31 August, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Today, on World Humanitarian Day, we recognize the commitment and dedication of humanitarian aid workers who risk everything to serve those in need, and we honor those who have lost their lives to protect the world’s most vulnerable people.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 19 August, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News, U.S. Secretary of State
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs, Michael R. Pompeo
This additional funding brings the total U.S. humanitarian contribution for Ethiopia to more than $802 million since October 2016.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 25 July, 2018 | Topics:
Africa, Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
The United States welcomes the safe evacuation of more than 400 members of the Syrian Civil Defense, otherwise known as the White Helmets, and their families from southwest Syria.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 23 July, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, Near East & North Africa, News, Press Releases
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
The 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report is available in PDF and HTML formats.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 29 June, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News, Speeches, U.S. Secretary of State
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs, Michael R. Pompeo
On June 22 in Geneva, officials from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held an all-day senior-level review of the 2018-2019 PRM-UNHCR Framework for Cooperation.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 28 June, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Humanitarian Affairs, News
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC June 26, 2018 Vice President Mike Pence announced today in Brazil nearly $10 million in additional humanitarian U.S. assistance for Venezuelans who have fled their country due to the man-made crisis there. This funding for the Venezuelan people includes a contribution to the International Organization for Migration ...
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 26 June, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, News, Vice President of the United States, Western Hemisphere
| Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs, Mike Pence
On World Refugee Day, we join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and our international partners in commemorating the strength, courage, and resilience of millions of refugees worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes due to persecution and conflict.
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 20 June, 2018 | Topics:
Featured Event, News, Press Releases, Speeches, U.S. Secretary of State
| Tags: Humanitarian Affairs, Michael R. Pompeo
Press Statement by Heather Nauert, Department Spokesperson Washington, DC May 21, 2018 The United States notes that the May 17, referendum process in Burundi was marred by a lack of transparency, the suspension of media outlets, and attempts to pressure voters. The government allowed vigorous campaigning by the opposition during the designated two-week campaign period, but ...
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By U.S. Mission Geneva | 21 May, 2018 | Topics:
Africa, Featured Event, Human Rights
| Tags: Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs
