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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES: Independent Media Funding Opportunity – Deadline: June 13 U.S. Embassy Beirut PAS Annual Program Statement – Deadline: September 1 COVID-19 Video: Vaccines Protect (Feb. 10, 2022) Press Release: U.S. Donates Personal Protective Equipment to Lebanon’s ISF (Jun. 23, 2021) Video: Supporting LAU Mobile Clinic (Jan. 13, 2021) Video: Lebanese Entrepreneurs Respond to COVID-19 (Oct. 26, 2020) Video: Supporting the LAF in Manufacturing Face Masks (Sep. 10, 2020) Press Release: U.S. Provides Additional Assistance to Lebanon to Respond to COVID-19 (Apr. 22, 2020) Infographic: U.S. Assistance to Lebanon (COVID-19, 2020) EDUCATION Check this list of Scholarships & Exchanges in the U.S. and in Lebanon. Programs currently accepting applications: …

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By | 19 May, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Lebanon | Tags: , ,

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U.S. Security Cooperation With Lebanon – May 2021

Fact Sheet Bureau of Political-Military Affairs May 21, 2021 U.S. security assistance for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) is a key component of U.S. policy towards Lebanon and aims to strengthen Lebanon’s sovereignty, secure its borders, counter internal threats, and disrupt terrorist facilitation. Key areas of cooperation include border security, maritime security, defense institution building, arms transfers, and counterterrorism. …

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By | 8 April, 2022 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Lebanon | Tags: ,

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Fact Sheet: Activity at the Wuhan Institute of Virology

FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 15, 2021 For more than a year, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has systematically prevented a transparent and thorough investigation of the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin, choosing instead to devote enormous resources to deceit and disinformation. Nearly two million people have died. Their families deserve to know the truth. …

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By | 19 January, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News

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Fact Sheet: U.S.-Lebanon Military Assistance and Defense Cooperation

The United States and Lebanon are working collectively toward the common goal of a stable, secure, and prosperous Middle East.  Lebanon is also a vital U.S. partner on a wide range of regional security issues.  The United States works with Lebanon to increase cooperation on border security, maritime security, defense institution building, arms transfers, and …

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By | 13 February, 2019 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases | Tags:

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Human Trafficking & Migrant Smuggling: Understanding the Difference

“Human trafficking” and “migrant smuggling” are two distinct crimes that often are erroneously conflated or referred to interchangeably.  Clarifying the differences between the two is critical to the development and implementation of sound government policies.  A key difference is that victims of trafficking are considered victims of a crime under international law; smuggled migrants are …

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By | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, TTIP | Tags: , ,

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What is Trafficking in Persons?

Trafficking in persons, also known as modern slavery or human trafficking, includes both sex trafficking and compelled labor.  The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as amended (TVPA), and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol) describe …

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By | 28 June, 2017 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, TTIP | Tags: , , ,

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