Belgium City
U.S. Department of State FOIA Electronic Reading Room - Key Officers
Quick Jump AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaArgentinaArmeniaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelize [Read More]
USIA - Portrait of the USA, Ch. 3
A new international congress, the United Nations, came intobeing after the war, and this time the United States joined. Soontensions developed between the United States and its wartime allythe Soviet Union. Although Soviet leader Joseph Stalin hadpromised to support free elections in all the liberated nationsof Europe, Soviet forces imposed Communist dictatorships ineastern Europe. Germany became a divided country, with a westernzone under joint British, French, and American occupation and aneastern zone under Soviet occupation. In the spring of 1948 theSoviets sealed off West Berlin in an attempt to starve theisolated city into submission. The western powers responded witha massive airlift of food and fuel until the Soviets lifted theblockade in May 1949. A month earlier the United States hadallied with Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy,Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the UnitedKingdom to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ... [Read More]
920 List of Countries/Posts Classified for Allowances & Differentials
Guatemala City, Guatemala ... Baguio City, Philippines ... Tokyo City, Japan ... [Read More]
U.S. Embassy websites - US Dept of State
• Panama: Panama City ... • Belize: Belize City ... • Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh City ... [Read More]
February
1111--02/10/05 Remarks With European Union Officials; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ... 1111--02/10/05 Interview With European Media in Luxembourg; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ... 1111--02/10/05 Interview With Rick Nieman of RTL TV of the Netherlands; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Luxembourg City, Luxembourg ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
Belgium is a geographic and cultural crossroads between the Nordic and Latin areas of Western Europe. The country’s centrally located capital city, Brussels, serves similarly to bind Belgium’s ethnically diverse regions. As host to the increasingly vital institutions of the European Union, Brussels has also taken on an identity as the Capital of Europe. The city’s international profile is further defined by the presence of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and an array of multinational business headquarters. ... [Read More]
2005
1111--06/28/05 Joint Press Conference on New York City’s Proposal to Host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games; New York City, NY ... [Read More]
Belgium
On June 28, at a demonstration to protest growing anti-Semitism, the mayor of Antwerp promised the city's Jewish community that the police would give the problem their highest priority. On June 29, the federal Minister of Interior announced increased police protection at places such as schools and synagogues frequented by the Jewish community and said that the federal Government would investigate other measures. On June 30, Prime Minister Verhofstadt met Jewish community leaders, expressed the Government’s concern regarding the attacks, and noted the increased police protection. The following day, he told Parliament that such attacks were attacks on the country’s fundamental values and institutions and would not be tolerated. The judicial system has been tasked with giving such attacks full priority. For example, in Brussels 61 investigations and an indictment are in process, with similar efforts underway in Antwerp. The Prime Minister also pledged to urge the regions to i ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State Websites of U.S. Embassies and Consulates
• Panama: Panama City ... • Belize: Belize City ... • Jordan: Amman• Kuwait: Kuwait City ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Croatia is a country of transit, and to a lesser extent, source and destination country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Victims generally originate in Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and other parts of Eastern Europe, and are trafficked into Western Europe. The Government of Croatia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. During the reporting period, Croatia began to intensify efforts to combat trafficking in persons and took nascent steps to improve its response to trafficking. The government implemented targeted law enforcement training and increased its capacity to identify and assist victims. It adopted a national action plan, appointed an anti-trafficking coordinator, and provided direct funds to imple ... [Read More]
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