2006

April
--04/25/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to be Keynote Speaker at the 2006 National Holocaust Remembrance Observance at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda
--04/25/06  Palestinian Authority: Return of $50 Million in U.S. Direct Assistance (Taken Question)
--04/25/06  Sudan – UN Sanctions on Individuals
--04/25/06  United Kingdom/Palestinians: Meeting With Hamas (Taken Question)
--04/25/06  “Three Faiths, One God” Documentary Clip Showing and Discussion
--04/24/06  Continuing Political Crisis in Nepal
--04/21/06  Remarks With Christian Schwarz-Schilling, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Before Their Meeting; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--04/21/06  Advisory Committee for Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
--04/21/06  Briefing on the Iran Nuclear Issue; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Washington, DC 
--04/21/06  Joint United States-India Statement on the India-US Joint Working Group on Counterterrorism
--04/21/06  Joint United States-Russian Federation Statement on the U.S.-Russia MANPADS Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
--04/21/06  King Gyanendra’s April 21 Speech
--04/20/06  Actress Bo Derek to Speak on Wildlife Trafficking Issues
--04/20/06  Deputy Secretary to Attend Swearing in of USAID Mission Director for Sudan
--04/20/06  Secretary Rice to Travel to Europe
--04/20/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Address Journalists from Around the World During Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists
--04/20/06  Special Press Briefing on the Iran Nuclear Issue, April 21
--04/19/06  Inaugural Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists Concludes with Symposium at Department of State
--04/19/06  Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Law, April 28, 2006
--04/18/06  Release of Foreign Relations Volume
--04/18/06  Somalia: Anti-Piracy Contracts (Taken Question)
--04/18/06  United States and China Renew Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
--04/17/06  Secretary of State Rice’s Travel to Chicago, Illinois
--04/17/06  Terrorist Bombing in Tel Aviv
--04/17/06  Transformational Diplomacy and the New African Agenda - April 19, 2006
--04/14/06  Attack on Coptic Churches in Egypt
--04/14/06  China: Reports of Concentration Camp in Northeast China (Taken Question)
--04/14/06  Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick to Participate in the Institute for International Economics Book Release for “China: the Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know about the Emerging Superpower”
--04/14/06  Under Secretary Nicholas Burns’ Travel to Moscow
--04/12/06  Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick to Participate in Brookings Institution Discussion on Darfur
--04/12/06  Premium Class Travel (Taken Question)
--04/11/06  Phone Conference of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
--04/11/06  Under Secretary Nicholas Burns’ Travel to Canada
--04/10/06  Nepal: A Message for the King
--04/10/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Address 2006 Global Travel and Tourism Summit
--04/10/06  United States Assistance to UN Relief and Works Agency
--04/10/06  United States Contact With Government of Sudan (Taken Question)
--04/07/06  Palestinian Assistance : Humanitarian Assistance and Democracy Building
--04/07/06  Release of Report Required by the United States Policy in Iraq Act, Section 1227 (c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
--04/07/06  Special Briefing on U.S. Assistance to the Palestinian People; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and North African Affairs; Washington, DC 
--04/07/06  Special Press Briefing on U.S. Assistance to the Palestinian People
--04/06/06  BIO 2006: Eurasian and European Scientists Develop Novel Technologies to Combat Disease and Bioterrorism through the BioIndustry Initiative
--04/06/06  Bombing in Holy City of Najaf
--04/06/06  Facilitation of Visas for Entertainers
--04/06/06  Selection of Shirin Tahir-Kheli as Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State on Women's Empowerment
--04/06/06  Syrian Interference in Lebanon
--04/06/06  The United States Will Not Seek Election to the UN Human Rights Council
--04/06/06  United States Congratulates the World Health Organization on Focus of World Health Day
--04/05/06  Global Internet Task Force Meeting Focuses on Advancing Freedom on Web
--04/05/06  Special Briefing on Release of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005-2006; Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Washington, DC
--04/05/06  Under Secretary Shiner to Represent United States on UN Reform Panel
--04/04/06  Death of Muhammad al-Maghut
--04/04/06  International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
--04/04/06  Special Press Briefing and Release of Supporting Human Rights And Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005-2006 on April 5, 2006
--04/04/06  Tunisia: Release of Political Prisoners (Taken Question)
--04/04/06  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes to Travel to Benin and South Africa
--04/04/06  Works by U.S. Artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres to Represent United States at 2007 Venice Biennale, Exhibitions Also Selected for 2006 Biennales in Cairo, Dakar and São Paulo
--04/03/06  Bombings in Turkey
--04/03/06  Harassment of Tunisian Activists

March
--03/31/06  U.S. Assistance to Iran following Bam Earthquake (Taken Question)
--03/31/06  U.S.–Azerbaijan Political Military Talks
--03/30/06  UNHCR Worker’s Death in Sudan Attack
--03/29/06  Journalists from 100 Countries Around the World to Convene for Inaugural Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, April 1-21, 2006
--03/29/06  Statement on U.N. Security Council Presidential Statement on Iran; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--03/28/06  Assistance in Response to Drought in the Horn of Africa
--03/28/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Open Centennial Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law
--03/27/06  Briefing on Recent Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine
--03/27/06  Secretary Rice to Travel to Europe - Revised
--03/27/06  United States/Australia/New Zealand Cooperation on Travel Documents
--03/25/06  Repression of Demonstrators in Belarus
--03/24/06  Accomplishments of the U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission Meeting
--03/24/06  Belarus: Detentions and Violence against Peaceful Demonstrators in Belarus
--03/24/06  Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity
--03/24/06  Morocco: Visit of Moroccan Delegation (Taken Question)
--03/24/06  Syria: Repression of Democracy and Human Rights Activists
--03/24/06  U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission
--03/24/06  UN Security Council Action on Sudan
--03/23/06  Millennium Challenge Corporation and Republic of Armenia to Sign $235 Million Millennium Challenge Compact
--03/23/06  Sea Turtle Conservation: Year of the Turtle
--03/22/06  President Discusses War on Terror and Iraq in West Virginia
--03/22/06  CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
--03/22/06  Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
--03/22/06  Remarks at the International Conference on Faith and Service; Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Omni Shoreham Hotel; Washington, DC 
--03/22/06  Under Secretary Shiner to Travel to Haiti to Support Economic Development Efforts
--03/21/06  Burma: Beating of Former Political Prisoner
--03/21/06  Cuba: Three-Year Anniversary of the Crackdown on Activists
--03/21/06  Joint Statement: United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership
--03/21/06  Launch TSA Signed on March 21, 2006
--03/21/06  On-The-Record Briefing on U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership; Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah; Loy Henderson Conference Room; Washington, DC 
--03/21/06  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes to Address International Conference on Faith and Service, Wednesday, March 22
--03/21/06  United Nations Refugee Agency Ordered to Leave Uzbekistan
--03/20/06  Ambassador John E. Herbst Named Coordinator For the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization
--03/20/06  Bouquet of Flowers Leads to Largest Cache of Abandoned Munitions in Afghanistan
--03/20/06  Briefing on U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership
--03/20/06  Fraudulent Presidential Election in Belarus
--03/20/06  Nowruz Greetings
--03/20/06  President Bush Welcomes NATO Secretary General to the White House
--03/20/06  Presidential Message: Nowruz
--03/20/06  Remarks After Meetings of EU3 and 3 Political Directors at the UK Mission to the UN; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; New York City
--03/20/06  Sudan Hindering Humanitarian Assistance
--03/20/06  Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement
--03/20/06  U.S. Welcomes Bosnian Constitutional Reform Agreement
--03/17/06  Continued Detention of Akbar Ganji
--03/17/06  Protecting Right to Peaceful Expression in Belarus
--03/17/06  Publication of the FY 2005 Performance and Accountability Report
--03/17/06  U.S. and Colombia Sign Agreement To Protect Colombian Archaeological and Ethnological Cultural Heritage
--03/16/06  Ongoing Efforts To Implement the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement  
--03/16/06  Under Secretary Dobriansky to Lead U.S Delegation to World Water Forum in Mexico City
--03/15/06  Special Briefing on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
--03/15/06  Sudan Opens National Mine Action Authority
--03/14/06  Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton to Lead U.S. Delegation to Sixth Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism
--03/13/06  Armenia: Status of US Ambassador to Armenia Evans (Taken Question)
--03/13/06  Belarus Elections
--03/13/06  How Foreign Direct Investment Benefits the United States
--03/13/06  Secretary Rice’s Travel to The Bahamas
--03/11/06  Death of Slobodan Milosevic
--03/10/06  Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried to Visit Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey
--03/10/06  Transition of African Union Mission in Sudan to United Nations Operation
--03/10/06  U.S. Position on Japan's Proposal for UN Budget (Taken Question)
--03/08/06  Briefing Upon Release of the 2005 Human Rights Reports; Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Washington, DC
--03/07/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Travel to Belgium and France March 7-10 To Consult with European, African Leaders on Sudan and Darfur
--03/07/06  New Grants to Reinforce U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action
--03/07/06  Play Ball! U.S. Department of State Brings Venezuelan and Nicaraguan Coaches and Players to United States for Inaugural World Baseball Classic
--03/07/06  Solicitation of Grants to Reinforce U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action and Destruction of Excess Weapons
--03/07/06  Special Press Briefing and Release of 2005 Annual Report on Human Rights-March 8, 2006
--03/06/06  Implementation of Ukrainian – Moldovan Customs Protocol
--03/06/06  International Women’s Day Visit of Women Parliamentarians from Iraq and Afghanistan
--03/06/06  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes to Travel to Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Panama and El Salvador
--03/03/06  Cyprus: Trade With the North of Cyprus? (Taken Question)
--03/03/06  International Travel Safety Information for Students
--03/03/06  Philippines: Lifting of State of National Emergency
--03/02/06  Taiwan – Senior Taiwan Officials’ Comments on National Unification Council
--03/02/06  Terrorist Attack on U.S. Consulate Karachi
--03/01/06  Release of the 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; On-the-Record Briefing; Washington, DC 
--03/01/06  Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick to Participate in Harvard University’s Kennedy Forum
--03/01/06  Meeting of the Defense Trade Advisory Group
--03/01/06  Secretary Rice’s Travel to Latin America and Asia
--03/01/06  United States Welcomes Tunisian Release of Political Prisoners

February
--02/28/06  Assistance to Iraq in the FY 2006 Supplemental Budget and FY 2007 Budget Request; James F. Jeffrey, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq; On-the-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
--02/28/06  Cambodia: Restoration of Parliamentary Immunity of Opposition MPs
--02/28/06  Conclusion of U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Talks
--02/28/06  Forced Return of Uzbek Asylum Seekers by Ukraine
--02/28/06  Press Briefing on U.S. Assistance to Iraq
--02/28/06  Special Press Briefing and Release of 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
--02/28/06  Sri Lanka: Conclusion of Talks in Geneva
--02/27/06  Advisory Committee on Private International Law on Monday, March 20, 2006
--02/27/06  China - Gao Zhisheng, Hunger Strikes (Taken Question)
--02/27/06  Statement by the Witnesses to the Algiers Agreement
--02/27/06  UN Commission on the Status of Women 2006: New U.S. Representative and Delegates
--02/27/06  United States Welcomes the Chemicals Management Declaration and Strategy Issued in Dubai
--02/24/06  Under Secretary Hughes To Travel to Seattle, Washington
--02/23/06  Detentions and Harassment in Run-Up to Belarus Elections
--02/23/06  Joint Statement With the Gulf Cooperation Council
--02/23/06  Murder of Al-Arabiyya Reporters in Iraq
--02/23/06  Secretary Rice Meets With Leaders of the United Arab Emirates
--02/22/06  Coral Reefs May Mitigate Tsunami Damage
--02/22/06  Sri Lanka: Talks in Geneva
--02/22/06  State Department’s Representative on CFIUS (Taken Question)
--02/22/06  U.S. Meetings With Representatives of Taiwan (Taken Question)
--02/22/06  U.S.-Mexico Binational Commission Meeting
--02/21/06  Philippines – Response to the Mudslide
--02/21/06  Turkey: Meeting With Hamas (Taken Question)
--02/21/06  U.S. Response to the Leyte Landslide
--02/21/06  Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' Travel to Russia, Austria, and India
--02/17/06  Department of State Begins Issuance of an Electronic Passport
--02/17/06  Signing of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement with Bulgaria
--02/17/06  U.S. Investing $5 Million to Support Reform in Syria
--02/17/06  U.S. Signs the Protocols to the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA)
--02/15/06  Background Briefing: Two Senior Administration Officials On U.S. Support for Democracy in Iran
--02/15/06  Dalai Lama's Special Envoys Meeting with Chinese Officials
--02/15/06  Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption: Accreditation/Approval Regulations Published in the Federal Register
--02/15/06  Implementation of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption
--02/15/06  Reaching Out to the People of Iran
--02/15/06  Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Visit to Washington March 6-7
--02/15/06  Secretary Rice to Travel to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
--02/15/06  Special Press Background Briefing on U.S. Support for Democracy in Iran
--02/14/06  Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer to Visit Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon
--02/14/06  Council for International Visitors Annual Meeting in Washington To Focus on “International Understanding through Citizen Diplomacy”
--02/14/06  Lebanon: Status of the Global Donor's Conference (Taken Question)
--02/14/06  Meeting Of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy
--02/14/06  Remarks on Global Internet Freedom; Josette S. Shiner, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Remarks on Global Internet Freedom; Washington, DC
--02/14/06  Secretary of State Establishes New Global Internet Freedom Task Force 
--02/14/06  Student Visas: Secure Borders and Open Doors in the Information Age
--02/13/06  Special Briefing on Global Internet Freedom, Tuesday, February 14
--02/13/06  Under Secretary Burns Meets with Belarusian Civil Society Representatives
--02/10/06  Cambodia: Return of Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy
--02/10/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Host Commemoration of 50th Anniversary Year of the Hungarian Revolution
--02/10/06  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes to Travel to Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Germany
--02/10/06  United States and Poland Sign Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
--02/10/06  Venezuelan Ambassador Claims Lack of Access to State Principals (Taken Question)
--02/09/06  Terrorist Bombing in Istanbul
--02/09/06  The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs
--02/09/06  Turkey: Visit of Energy Minister (Taken Question)
--02/08/06  Nepal Municipal Elections Lack Public Support
--02/08/06  On-the-Record Briefing on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
--02/08/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Host Meeting of U.S. Chief Executive Officers and Foreign Ambassadors of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
--02/08/06  State Department Invests $19.5 Million in Strengthening Civil Society and Media Through the Middle East Partnership Initiative
--02/08/06  U.S. Contributes $203.8 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
--02/07/06  Afghanistan – Paris Club Debt Relief (Taken Question)
--02/07/06  Debt Cancellation for Afghanistan
--02/07/06  President Honors Coretta Scott King at Homegoing Celebration
--02/07/06  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Announce Release of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Second Annual Report to Congress
--02/06/06  Cambodia: Pardons of Opposition Leader and Parliamentarian
--02/06/06  Haiti: U.S. Support for Democratic Institutions (Taken Question)
--02/06/06  International Affairs – FY 2007 Budget
--02/06/06  Kosovo: Contingency Plans (Taken Question)
--02/05/06  Briefing by Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph
--02/04/06  IAEA Board Resolution on Iran; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--02/03/06  Arms Control and Nonproliferation Advisory Board Meeting, January 30, 2006
--02/03/06  Belarus Relations
--02/03/06  Briefing on U.S. Efforts in Darfur and U.S. Efforts To Lead the UN Security Council and Work With the African Union and Other Nations on a Transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan to a UN Mission; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/03/06  Briefing: FY 2007 State and Foreign Operations Budget Submission
--02/03/06  Burma - Supreme Court Affirms Detention of Forced Labor Activist
--02/03/06  Crackdown in Zimbabwe
--02/03/06  Expulsion of Venezuelan Diplomat
--02/03/06  Ferry Disaster in Red Sea
--02/03/06  Korea – Six Party Talks (Taken Question)
--02/03/06  Progress in Sudan
--02/03/06  Saudi Arabia: Ambassador’s Question Regarding the State of the Union Address (Taken Question)
--02/03/06  U.S. State Department Launches New Website Design
--02/02/06  2006 Foreign Fulbright Student Seminars
--02/02/06  Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer and Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg to Brief on U.S. Efforts in Darfur
--02/02/06  Bourqia, Amin, and Ibrahim to Assemble Board of Directors for the Foundation for the Future
--02/02/06  Second Public Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Persons with Disabilities
--02/02/06  Turkey: New Base on Cyprus? (Taken Question)
--02/02/06  World Wetlands Day
--02/01/06  Deputy Secretary Zoellick to Travel to France, Germany, February 3 - 5
--02/01/06  Dr. Ruth A. Whiteside Named Director of Foreign Service Institute
--02/01/06  Joint Press Statement on the U.S.-India Global Issues Forum
--02/01/06  Nigerian Legislation Threatens to Limit Rights of Sexual Minorities
--02/01/06  Remarks by Deputy Secretary Zoellick and Sudanese Minister Rebecca Garang 
--02/01/06  Summary of U.S. Assistance - London Conference on Afghanistan