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United Nations 60th General Assembly
Secretary Rice (Sept. 9): "During the UN General Assembly, the U.S. will focus on four key policy areas...the importance of trade and lifting people out of poverty in the development agenda...promoting democracy and human rights...making America and the world safer and fighting terrorism...and on the important issue of United Nations reform." [full text; pdf presskit; more on the Secretary's trip to UNGA]
Karen Hughes Sworn In
Under Secretary Hughes (Sept. 9): "I believe there is no more urgent challenge for America's national security and for a more peaceful future for all the world's children than the need to foster greater respect, understanding, and a sense of common interest and common values between Americans and people of different countries, cultures, and faiths. " [full text remarks by the President, Secretary Rice, and Under Secretary Hughes)
The U.S. and India: An Emerging Entente?
Under Secretaries Burns and Joseph testified before the House International Relations Committee on the U.S. relationship with India, including the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington and the initiatives that resulted, particularly the agreement to pursue full civil nuclear cooperation. [full text]
Hurricane Katrina
• Advice for family members on contacting foreign nationals.
• Information on passport applications being processed by the New Orleans Passport Agency (closed until further notice).
• For government-to-government inquiries only, call (202) 647-7640 or email SES-O_CMS@state.gov.
• How to help; more on the recovery.
| | | | | 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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