2003 Trafficking in Persons Report This report, released June 11, details international and U.S. efforts to end trafficking in person, to protect and help victims, and prosecute those who treat people like commodities or keep them in slave-like conditions. [Full report]
HIV/AIDS President Bush signed the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003, which will launch an emergency effort providing $15 billion over the next five years to fight AIDS abroad. [Remarks by President Bush and Secretary Powell; more]
Middle East Partnership Initiative The U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) provides a framework and funding for the United States to work together with governments and people in the Arab world to expand economic, political, and educational opportunity. [Also: Middle East Peace]
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