-- Democracy, Civil Society, Human Rights and Women's Issues

--07/31/08  No Safe Haven for Human Rights Violators; Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretry, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript -- Listen to Audio
--06/04/08  The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report; Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--05/29/08  Promoting Democracy Around the Globe; Patrick Merloe, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--05/01/08  Education for Global Development; David R. Arnold, President, American University in Cairo; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Audio
--06/20/07  The World's Refugees: An Overview and Discussion on Resettlement; Kelly Ryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/23/07  Outcomes of the United Nations Geneva Conference on Displaced Iraqis; Ellen Sauerbrey, U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration;  Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/14/06  The White House Conference on Global Literacy; Roundtable Discussion with Participants in the White House Conference on Global Literacy , ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, NY -- Official Transcript
--06/19/06  World Refugee Day 2006 - The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program; Kelly Ryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/09/06  The Human Rights Commission and UN Management Reform; Ambassador John Bolton, Permanent Representative to the UN; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--03/08/06  The Release of the State Department's 2005 Annual Report on Human Rights; Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/28/06  Reporters Without Borders; Tala Dowlatshahi, New York Director for Reporters Without Borders, ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York
--11/09/05  Advancing Human Rights: U.S. Human Rights Country Resolutions and Replacing the UN Commission on Human Rights; Dr. Mark Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/28/05  Release of the State Department's Report "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005"; Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/08/05  Founding Mothers -- Next Steps in Post-Election Afghanistan and Iraq ; Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianski, ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/28/05  Senior Coordinator, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State ; Gretchen Birkle, Senior Coordinator, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC
--11/16/04  Global Refugee Situations and Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY-2005 -- Report to the Congress and U.S. Goals for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/27/04  Building a New Iraq: Iraqi Women Step Forward in Partnership; Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/20/04  U.S. Participation in the Action Against Hunger and Poverty Summit; Ann M. Veneman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--05/28/04  Corruption Is a Threat to Democracy and Development: One of the Issues at the Organization of American States' 34th General Assembly, June 6-8, Quito, Ecuador; Ambassador John Maisto, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/03/04  U.S. Efforts to Advance World Press Freedom; Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman, Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/11/04  Women in Iraq: New Beginnings; Charlotte Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues, Bureau of Global Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/25/04  The Release of the State Department's 2003 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices; Ambassador Michael Kozak, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/18/04  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's Recommendations to the Department of State Concerning Countries of Particular Concern; Michael Young, Chairman, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/18/03  "The Release of the 2003 Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom"; John Hanford, Ambassador-At-Large for International Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of State, ; ; Washington, DC FPC Briefing on "The Release of the 2003 Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom."
--12/09/03  Progress Against Trafficking in Persons; John Miller, Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Trafficking in Persons; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/19/03  The U.S. Commitment to Women in Iraq; Charlotte Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--10/16/03  University of Rochester/Zogby International First Global Poll on Major Religions; John Zogby, President and CEO, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/29/03  Recently Completed Visits to Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and Expansion of Human and Civil Rights and Supporting Democracy in These Three Countries; Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Dept. of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/17/03  Roundtable on Afghan Women's Issues; Charlotte Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues in the Dept. of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/12/03  Contextual Briefing on 2003 Trafficking in Persons Report; John Miller, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--05/08/03  The Task Force For International Cooperation On Holocaust Education, Remembrance And Awareness; Ambassador Randolph Bell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/01/03  Release of the 2002 Human Rights Report; Scott Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/06/03  Human Rights and Women in Iraq: Voices of Iraqi Women.; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/21/03  State Department-hosted international conference, "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking," Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-26; John Miller, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--10/28/02  Second Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies: Seoul, Korea, November 10-12, 2002; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC Official Transcript
--10/07/02  Release of the 2002 Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom; John Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--08/06/02  Genocide and War in Central Africa: Pursuing the Criminals; Pierre Prosper, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--06/20/02  Cycle Beads: Innovations in Natural Family Planning; Jeff Spieler, Chief of the Research, Technology and Utilization Division of the Bureau for Global Health, USAID; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--11/06/01  Human Rights and the Taliban; Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--09/07/01  U.S. Participation in the OAS Special Assembly for the Adoption of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; Amb. Roger Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--02/27/01  2000 Human Rights Report; Michael E. Parmly, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)