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Privacy Notice

Links to External Web Sites

Links to web sites outside the U.S. Federal Government or the use of trade, firm, or corporation names within the State Department web sites are for the convenience of the user. Such use does not constitute an official endorsement or approval by the U.S. State Department of any private sector web site, product, or service.

Disclaimer of Liability

Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information. However, with the thousands of documents available, often uploaded within short deadlines, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. With respect to documents and information on the current and archive State Department web sites, neither the U.S. Government, the U.S. Department of State, nor their employees and contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to documents available from State Department web sites. Additionally, the U.S. Government, U.S. State Department, assume no legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein and do not represent that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

Cookie Disclaimer

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Search Disclaimer

This search is based upon locating specified words in the electronic text of documents. However, in many cases, this is dependent upon the conversion of the text in paper documents to electronic text through optical character recognition (OCR). Because of age and condition of some paper documents, the OCR may not recognize certain characters and words correctly. Please keep this in mind when using full text search, as these inaccuracies may decrease your chance of finding all relevant documents for your search criteria.

Private Use of Government Information

The private sector may download government information that is in the public domain and provide enhancements or "added value." We encourage private sector initiatives to further disseminate government information. However, we caution users that the "official" version is the version which appears on government web sites. Please be aware that government information on private sector web sites may not necessarily be as up to date and that the "value added" information is not provided by the government.

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on these web sites are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and 1030.

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Viewing Our Site

In an effort to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), we have taken many steps that can only be fully revealed using certain versions of common browsers.

Our site can be viewed using older Netscape Navigator versions, but to view the complete functionality of our site we suggest that users choose the latest version of Netscape Navigator. For similar reasons, we suggest that users choose  Microsoft's Internet Explorer to get total utility from our site.

We must stress that the site is visible using other browsers, but in order to utilize the Cascading Style Sheets, keyboard navigation and alternative text, all of which are necessary for ADA compliance; users must view our site using either of the above browsers. Users can download these browsers by following the links below.

Browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer     Netscape Navigator

For viewing PDF Documents get
Adobe Acrobat Reader

 

Keyboard Navigation

If you are visiting this site with one of the browsers listed above, then it is possible to navigate the site using only your keyboard (e.g. without a mouse). These are the keys that you will need to navigate the site using only your keyboard:

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