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International Support Related to Hurricane Katrina
Executive Secretary Harry K. Thomas, Jr. (Sept. 7): "On August 30th, the State Department volunteered to assist FEMA with international donations.... And we've been working very well with FEMA, HHS, USAID and its subordinate organization, OFDA and other organizations to try to match all of these generous offers we've gotten with the needs of the American people."
U.S. Commitment to Women in the Middle East
The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) recognizes women's empowerment as one of four key pillars integral to reform in the region along with political, educational, and economic advancements. Women are full beneficiaries of programs in all of the MEPI pillars. [more]
 PLUS Academic Exchange Program
One hundred students from North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia are enrolling in American colleges and universities in fall 2005 under the auspices of the Partnerships for Learning Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) program. Learn more about the PLUS program and other academic exchange programs that are designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and other nations at: www.exchanges.state.gov.
| | | | | I N O T H E R N E W S | | | | |  The compliance report, released August 2005, provides an assessment of obligations undertaken in arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament treaties, agreements, and commitments.
You can now check the status of your regular (tourist) U.S. passport application online, using your last name, date of birth, and the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number.
| | The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons has released several new fact sheets on human trafficking for forced labor, child soldiers, and children trafficked for use as camel jockeys.
Country Background Notes are factual publications that contain information on all the countries of the world with which the United States has relations.
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