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Youth Exchanges - Citizen Exchanges - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Contact Information Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ... For information about youth exchange organizations and standards for the industry, visit the website of the Council on Standards for International Educational Travel (CSIET). ... [Read More]
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There is no specific law prohibiting trafficking in persons. Traffickers may be prosecuted under different articles of the Criminal Code: For example, illicit seizure of non-property documents (passports or other personal documents), as well as use of these documents, may be punished by imprisonment up to 1 year; falsification and selling of documents, by imprisonment up to 5 years; pandering, by imprisonment up to 5 years; bogus marriage and bogus divorce with mercenary ends or other reasons, by imprisonment up to 1 year; extortion (coercion of a person, or coercion by publishing compromising information about a person), by imprisonment from 2 to 4 years; coercing of a woman to perform sexual intercourse by a person on whom this women is financially (or economically) dependent by imprisonment up to 7 years. The Criminal Code specifically prohibits keeping brothels, although prostitution itself is legal. Police officials announced the investigation of numerous cases of procuring but sa ... [Read More]
Armenia School Connectivity Program (ASCP) – Youth Programs Division – Citizen Exchanges
Contact Information Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs ... The Armenia School Connectivity Program provides high-quality computers, Internet access, equipment, and training for a growing network of schools across all 11 regions of Armenia. ASCP provides students, educators, and community members with opportunities to access and share information, to engage in innovative online collaborative projects, and to develop technical skills marketable in a digital world. The program increases school-community interaction, US-Armenian partnerships at the school and community levels, and civic engagement on the local, national, and international levels. ASCP combines technology and innovative educational approaches to strengthen democracy and support civil society development and cultural understanding. Funded through FREEDOM Support Act appropriations and implemented by Project Harmony, the Armenia School Connectivi ... [Read More]
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IV. Country Narratives: Europe and Eurasia
The Government of Switzerland funded several anti-trafficking information and education campaigns in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and South America, targeting potential trafficking victims. In 2003, the government co-financed an anti-trafficking radio program in Bosnia, a trafficking awareness campaign in Colombia, a mobile theater project in Ukraine, and an information campaign in Sri Lanka warning against illegal immigration. The government also continued to partially fund the Women’s Information Center, a victim’s assistance NGO, that has established an international network of contacts for victim repatriation and distributes trafficking information in origin countries. Switzerland established a national action plan to combat human trafficking, and the Swiss Federal Council has tasked each federal department to take steps to implement the plan. In collaboration with the Interior Ministry, a Swiss NGO trained Swiss consular officials to educate visa applican ... [Read More]
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International Adoption Armenia
the child is admitted to the United States as an immigrant. A foreign–born orphan who enters the United States on an Immediate Relative (IR) –3 visa automatically becomes a U.S. citizen upon admission. A foreign-born child who enters the United States on an IR-4 visa and is later adopted in a U.S. court, will become a U.S. citizen when the adoption is finalized in the United States (the child will be a legal permanent resident until then). For further information, please consult with the consular section at the U.S. Embassy or the nearest office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Additional information is available at http://t ... [Read More]
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Armenia (04/05)
The U.S. Department of State's Consular Information Program provides Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements. Consular Information Sheets exist for all countries and include information on entry requirements, currency regulations, health conditions, areas of instability, crime and security, political disturbances, and the addresses of the U.S. posts in the country. Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Public Announcements are issued as a means to disseminate information quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions overseas that pose significant risks to the security of American travelers. Free copies of this information are available by calling the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 202-647-5225 or via the fax-on-demand system: 202-647-3000. Consular Information Sheets and Travel Warnings also are available on the Consular Affairs Int ... [Read More]
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