| | Bureau of African AffairsThe Bureau of African Affairs, headed by Charles R. Snyder, advises the Secretary and guides the operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. We hope you find this page interesting and informative. For accredited news media requesting assistance relating to U.S. foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan Africa, please contact the Bureau of African Affairs' Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at (202) 647-6609 or e-mail us at afpastaff@state.gov. For Congressional inquiries, please contact the Bureau of African Affairs' Congressional Affairs Officer at (202) 647-6480.
 American Embassy Dar es Salaam organized the dedication of a massive new sculpture by American Artist Elyn Zimmerman on Thursday, June 17, 2004. The artist as well as Jennifer Duncan, director of the Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE), participated in the ceremony that included remarks by PA counselor Michael Korff and the Lord Mayor of Dar es Salaam. [Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam] [Text] [Program Brochure] [Photo Gallery]
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The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Annual Report on Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of the HIV Infection was released June 28, 2004. Submitted by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State. [Media Note] [Report]
Secretary To Travel to Darfur
Spokesman Richard Boucher (June 24): [Following the NATO Summit in Istanbul, Turkey] Secretary [Powell] will be visiting Sudan . . . and will meet there with the government leaders. And then the Secretary will go on to Darfur [where] we expect he'll be able to meet with the relief workers who are there, with members of the ceasefire commission, and with the many people and groups who have been displaced by the fighting and the other hardships that they've had to endure there." [audio clip; full briefing]
Conflict in the Darfur Region
Assistant Secretary Snyder (June 15): "The United States has exerted strong leadership to stop the violence. We have consistently told the Government of Sudan - at the highest levels - that it must take the following steps on Darfur: end the jingaweit violence; agree to a ceasefire with the armed opposition and allow international monitoring of ceasefire; and allow unrestricted humanitarian access." [full text]
 May 26, 2004
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage and Gabonese Minister of State for Transportation and Civil Aviation Paulette Missambo signed the Open Skies Agreement on May 26, 2004. [more]
Secretary Powell
--May 26, 2004 - The United States welcomes the May 26 signing of three protocols by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.
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