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Ambassador Melanne Verveer Visits Bangladesh |  | U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer speaks at a lunch with women MP’s. She is accompanied by the U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh James F. Moriarty and Former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia and Egypt and Executive Director of BDAWL Nasim Firdaus in the picture. | | | Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, is visiting Bangladesh. During her visit, she is meeting with government officials, politicians, and business and civil society leaders and discussing a range of bilateral and multilateral issues, with a special focus on women's development. |
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| | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | | |
| Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the Forum for the Future event in Marrakesh, Morocco November 3. This event brought together government ministers and civil society leaders to discuss issues of common concern. In her remarks, Secretary Clinton stated, “As President Obama and I believe, it is results, not rhetoric, that matter in the end. Economic empowerment, education, healthcare, access to energy and to credit, these are the basics that all communities need to thrive.” | | |
| | | S.M. Fahad Bin Kamal Honored State Alumni Member of the Month | | |
| Washington, November 3 -- The U.S. Department of State has named Fahad bin Kamal as State Alumni Member of the Month. Kamal is a Bangladeshi alumnus of the Department’s Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. In an interview Kamal said, “I believe we all came in this world to fulfill a certain mission. The YES program taught us to take the lead. To make society a better place, it falls to young people to take up this responsibility and change their world.” | | |
| | | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | | |
| U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced the publication of the State Department’s 2009 Report on International Religious Freedom on October 26. This year’s report examines how governments in 198 countries and territories are protecting or failing to protect religious freedom. |
| | | Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Michael J. Delaney | | |
| Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Michael J. Delaney arrived on a five-day visit to Bangladesh October 18. During his visit, he will hold discussions with government officials on trade issues between the U.S. and Bangladesh. He will also take a tour of Chittagong and talk to both government and private sector officials there. This will be his first visit in Bangladesh. | | |
|  | U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Full Size | | |
| Secretary Clinton writes, “Meeting the challenge of global hunger is at the heart of what we call “food security”—empowering the world’s farmers to sow and harvest plentiful crops, effectively care for livestock or catch fish—and then ensuring that the food they produce reaches people most in need.” She also notes that the Obama administration sees chronic hunger as a key priority of their foreign policy and is committed to this effort pledging their full resources and energies. | | |
| | | U.S. President Barack Obama | | |
U.S. President Barack Obama Wins the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize | U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on October 9th for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. He became the third sitting U.S. president to win the prestigious prize. This year's peace prize nominees included 172 people and 33 organizations, the highest number of nominations ever. | | |
|  | U.S. Embassy Consular Chief addresses a press conference on DV. Full Size | | |
2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Program Registration Begins
| The Department of State announces the opening of the registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009. Applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV) at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ during the registration period. | | |
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