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United States to Engage with Burmese Officials
21 October 2009
By Merle David Kellerhals Jr., Staff Writer
Washington — President Obama believes that “pragmatic engagement” with Burmese authorities is the best means for advancing U.S. goals of a unified, peaceful, prosperous and democratic Burma, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says.
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U.S. Renews Call on Guinean Junta to Step Aside
14 October 2009
By David Gollust, VOA News
The United States is renewing its call on Guinea’s ruling junta to yield power to an elected government, and it is indirectly scolding China for reportedly reaching a multi-billion-dollar mining deal with the authorities in Conakry.
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Documents and Speeches
- International Religious Freedom Report 2009, U.S. Department of State, released October 26, 2009 (Chapter on Austria)
 Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009 (Chapter on Austria (pdf))- The President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Senior Policy Operating Group, Fact Sheet, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 9, 2009
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2008, U.S. Department of State, February 25, 2009 (Preface | Introduction | Chapter on Austria)
- U.S. Laws on Trafficking in Persons, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State
- Nonviolent Paths to Social Change, eJournal USA, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, March 2009
The past 30 years have seen a surge of nonviolent, "people power" movements around the world advancing human rights and toppling repressive rulers. This edition of eJournal USA demonstrates that nonviolent actions can be more powerful than armed insurrections in bringing about social change.
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