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Madrid Donors Conference
Spokesman Richard Boucher (Oct. 9): "In the core group, the European Union, the United States, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, World Bank, UN and International Monetary Fund...(is) a very broad and I think important constituency that's preparing for this conference and preparing for the contributions they can make to the reconstruction of Iraq." [full text]
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Secretary Powell's Washington Post Op-Ed on the Kay Report (Oct. 7): "The interim findings of David Kay and the Iraq Survey Group make two things abundantly clear: Saddam Hussein's Iraq was in material breach of its United Nations obligations before the Security Council passed Resolution 1441 last November, and Iraq went further into breach after the resolution was passed." [full text]
Changing Minds, Winning Peace
The Advisory Group on Public Diplomacy for the Arab and Muslim World has released a report on a "new strategic direction for U.S. public diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim world." [report; press release]
 The Panda Express
Two panda bears, Le-Le and Ya-Ya, left China last April via a special Federal Express flight, The Panda Express, for their new home at the Memphis Zoo. Ambassador Clark T. Randt Jr. and two children from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing attended the farewell ceremony at Beijing Capital Airport. Le-Le and Ya-Ya were born in captivity and are now leased from the Chinese Association for Zoological Gardens. The association uses the money to protect pandas in the wild.
| | |  | |  The U.S. enjoys strong partnerships with the states and organizations of the Baltic Sea region in multiple and interlocking ways.
Migratory birds are the focus of the first conference of Western Hemisphere countries on conserving migratory wildlife.
USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios recently briefed the press on reconstruction activities in Iraq.
| | Several new country background notes were recently updated including Greece, Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, and many more...
The State Department and the Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2004 to 2009 sets forth the Secretary of State’s direction and priorities for both organizations in the coming years.
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