U.S.-U.K. Technology Safeguards Agreement
July 20, 2020, 4:02:17 PM
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US: On June 16, 2020, the United States and the United Kingdom concluded the Agreement on Technology Safeguards Associated with U.S. Participation in Space Launches from the United Kingdom.
This Agreement, upon entry into force, establishes the technical safeguards to support U.S. space launches from the UK while ensuring the proper handling of sensitive technology consistent with our long-standing partnership and roles as founding members of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).
U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Christopher Ford and the UK’s Ambassador to the United States, Karen Pierce, concluded the Agreement between the two countries.
This Agreement protects sensitive U.S. technology and sets the standard for how others should use such sensitive technology in the conduct of satellite and rocket launches from foreign locations.
Germany's new anti-discrimination strategy for LGBTI
March 11, 2021, 12:20:39 PM
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Berlin: A new strategy that addresses the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons (LGBTI) in its foreign policy and development cooperation. The draft strategy has been approved by the Cabinet.
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Myanmar's ambassador to the UK calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint
March 10, 2021, 6:16:10 AM
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London: Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab responded to Myanmar ambassador to the UK Kyaw Zwar Minn's 8 March statement, which called for Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar's President to be released.
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UK's statement on violence against children at the UN Human Rights Council 46
March 10, 2021, 6:08:51 AM
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London: The UK's International Human Rights Ambassador delivered this statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Representative Secretary-General on the Violence against Children.
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President Joe Biden statement on the House Taking Up the PRO Act
March 9, 2021, 5:11:09 PM
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Washington D.C.: President Biden strongly encourage the House to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, which would dramatically enhance the power of workers to organize and collectively bargain for better wages, benefits, and working conditions.
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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. statement on First-Ever Papal Visit to Iraq
March 9, 2021, 12:37:45 PM
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Washington D.C.: Iraq is a country steeped in religious and ethnic diversity. It’s also home to one of the oldest and most diverse Christian communities in the world.
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