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Iraq Elections
Secretary Powell (Jan. 11): "[W]e can't delay the election because there are terrorists and murderers and former regime elements who are trying to keep that election from happening; to delay it, it means they win. . . . we hope that the Iraqi people will come out in resounding strength, not only in the 14 provinces that are secure, but in the others as well, to make a clear demonstration to the murderers that they will not succeed." [full text]
 Tsunami Relief Efforts
U.S. response and how you can help
President Bush (Jan. 10): USAID has delivered food, temporary shelter, hygiene kits and supplies to help people survive. In other words, we've been focused on the relief effort; now we're beginning to focus on rehabilitation and rebuilding. And as a result, USAID is arranging small loans for those whose livelihoods have been destroyed. We were talking about the NGOs who have been working along with USAID. . . . beginning to help rebuild lives and help people get back on their feet. [full text]
 Lamu Cultural Festival
Embassy Nairobi was the principal supporter of the annual Lamu Cultural Festival, held July 30- Aug. 1, 2004. Amb. William Bellamy attended many of the Festival’s activities, which included a Kiswahili poetry competition, dhow, swimming, canoe, and donkey races plus displays of traditional crafts and skills, concerts of taarab music, and traditional dances. Both Lamu and Pate Islands are part of Kenya’s predominately Muslim coastal region. In photo at left, Ambassador Bellamy presents first prize to one of the swimming champions.
 Secretary Powell Meets With Brazilian Youth Ambassadors
Secretary of State Powell and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Noriega met with a group of Brazilian "Youth Ambassadors" at the State Department on January 10. The exchange program, begun in 2002, allows highly qualified, disadvantaged Brazilian youth to travel to the United States to broaden their understanding of the U.S., improve their English skills, experience life with an American family, and project a positive image of Brazil to those Americans that they meet. [full story]
| | |  | |  Secretary Powell sums up the President's foreign-policy record of the last four years.
The FY 2004 Performance and Accountability Report provides performance results and audited financial statements to enable the public, the Congress, the President, and others to assess the performance of the Department in achieving its mission and stewarding its resources. A Highlights version of the Report is also available.
Read about women's participation in elections in Afghanistan and Iraq, a women's radio station in Cambodia, and leadership training for women in Cote d'Ivoire. [pdf]
| | The Global Anti-Semitism Report was released on January 5, 2005. PL 108-332, signed by the president on October 16, 2004, mandated this one-time report on acts of anti-Semitism worldwide and efforts to eradicate them. [briefing]
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