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Shown below are key U.S. Government policy reports, Country information on the United Kingdom and the phone directory for the U.S. State Department.

  • DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNITED KINGDOM PAGE

    Statistics and information about the United Kingdom as well as fact sheets on U.S. bilateral relations with Bermuda (British Territory) and the Cayman Islands.

  • DEPARTMENT OF STATE KEY OFFICERS LIST

    A list of Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts (Embassies, Consulates, Missions) abroad including postal addresses.

    Other useful links are available from the State Department’s Bureau of Human Resources.

     

  • CIA WORLD FACTBOOK UNITED KINGDOM PAGE

    The CIA World Factbook, produced for U.S. policymakers and coordinated throughout the .U.S Intelligence Community, presents the basic realities about the world in which we live. We share these facts with the people of all nations in the belief that knowledge of the truth underpins the functioning of free societies.

    The World Factbook is a unique reference in that it is updated continuously – on average, every week.
    Information in The Factbook is collected from – and coordinated with – a wide variety of US Government agencies, as well as from hundreds of published sources.

     

  • FINDINGS ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR

    The Department of Labor’s annual Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor focuses on the efforts of certain U.S. trade beneficiary countries and territories to eliminate the worst forms of child labor through legislation, enforcement mechanisms, policies and social programs.

     

     

  • FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT

    On June 15, the United States recognizes the importance of fiscal transparency by governments around the world with the launch of the 2020 Fiscal Transparency Report.

    The 2020 Fiscal Transparency Report can be accessed at www.state.gov/2020-fiscal-transparency-report

     

  • JUSTICE FOR UNCOMPENSATED SURVIVORS TODAY (JUST) ACT REPORT

    The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today (JUST) Act Report is one-time report to Congress on the property restitution record of countries that endorsed the Terezin Declaration in 2009.

    The Terezin Declaration is a non-binding statement endorsed by 47 countries that seeks to resolve remaining Holocaust-era property restitution issues. The JUST Act was signed into law by President Trump on May 5, 2018.

    This report was originally scheduled for release in in March, but was been delayed by COVID-19.

    The report is available from the U.S. Department of State:

     

  • HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS

    The annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – the Human Rights Reports – cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international agreements. The U.S. Department of State submits reports on all countries receiving assistance and all United Nations member states to the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Trade Act of 1974.

    The 2020 Human Rights Reports were released March 30, 2021.

      • 2020 Human Rights Report for the United Kingdom: Webpage or as a PDF (9765 Kb/38 pages)
      • All Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are available at State.gov

    On November 04, 2021, Secretary of State Blinken announced the  Addenda on Reproductive Rights would be added back to the 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

  • INTEGRATED COUNTRY STRATEGIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT

    As a third step of the strategic planning process, the four-year strategy that articulates the U.S. priorities in a given country is developed that is referred to as the Integrated Country Strategy (ICS).

    This ICS is led by the Chief of Mission to develop a common set of Mission Goals and Objectives through a coordinated and collaborative planning effort among Department of State and other U.S. Government agencies with programming in the country.

    Higher-level planning documents and strategies, such as the National Security Strategy, the State-USAID Joint Strategic Plan (JSP), and Department regional (JRS) and functional bureau strategies (FBS) inform the ICS. Once completed the ICS frames and informs the annual Mission Resource Request and Mission-level performance management requirements

     

  • INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT (IRF)

    The Annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.

    The International Religious Freedom Report 2020 is available from the U.S. Department of State’s Office of International Religious Freedom and allows access to all separate sections as well as the creation of a custom report.

     

  • PRESS RELEASES FROM THE U.S. EMBASSY LONDON

    Press releases from the U.S. Embassy in London, our Consulates-General in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and Edinburgh (Scotland) as well as related press releases from the U.S. Department of State.

     

  • COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM

    The Country Reports on Terrorism is submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f (the “Act”), which requires the Department of State to provide to Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of the Act.

    Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.

    The report covers developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, and countries determined by the Secretary to be of particular interest in the global war on terror. As provided in the legislation, the report reviews major developments in bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism cooperation as well.

    The report also provides information on terrorist groups responsible for the death, kidnapping, or injury of Americans, any umbrella groups to which they might belong, groups financed by state sponsors of terrorism, reports on all terrorist organizations on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list, and other terrorist groups determined by the Secretary to be relevant to the report.

    The report may be accessed at State.gov thus:

     

  • TO WALK THE EARTH IN SAFETY (TWEIS)

    To Walk the Earth in Safety (2020)
    April 02, 2020

    “The Trump Administration’s CWD programs support key U.S. foreign policy priorities and play a direct role in keeping U.S. citizens and our allies safe, while also clearing the way for a stable, secure, and prosperous future in countries that are central to U.S. security interests. Thanks to the bipartisan support of the U.S. Congress and the generosity of the American people, we continue to work toward a future in which all may walk the earth in safety.
    — Message From Assistant Secretary of State R. Clarke Cooper

     

  • TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORTS (TIP)

    The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-human trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue.

    It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses the TIP Report to engage foreign governments in dialogues to advance anti-trafficking reforms and to combat trafficking and to target resources on prevention, protection and prosecution programs. Worldwide, the report is used by international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations alike as a tool to examine where resources are most needed. Freeing victims, preventing trafficking, and bringing traffickers to justice are the ultimate goals of the report and of the U.S Government’s anti-human trafficking policy.

    In the TIP Report, the Department of State places each country onto one of three tiers based on the extent of their governments’ efforts to comply with the “minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking” found in Section 108 of the TVPA. While Tier 1 is the highest ranking, it does not mean that a country has no human trafficking problem. On the contrary, a Tier 1 ranking indicates that a government has acknowledged the existence of human trafficking, made efforts to address the problem, and complies with the TVPA’s minimum standards. Each year, governments need to demonstrate appreciable progress in combating trafficking to maintain a Tier 1 ranking.

     

  • NARCOTICS CONTROL REPORTS

    The Department of State’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) — due to Congress March 1st annually — is prepared in accordance with §489 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the “FAA,” 22 U.S.C. §2291). The INCSR is the United States Government’s country-by-country two volume report that describes the efforts to attack all aspects of the international drug trade, chemical control, money laundering and financial crimes.

    The U.S. Department of State submitted the 2019 edition of the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) to Congress on March 28, 2019. This two-volume, Congressionally-mandated report assesses foreign governments’ efforts to reduce illicit drug production, trafficking and use, as well as their work to counter drug trafficking-related money laundering. The INCSR was first published in 1986, and this edition covers calendar year 2018.

     

  • INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENTS

    The U.S. Department of State’s Investment Climate Statements provide information on the business climates of more than 170 economies and are prepared by economic officers stationed in embassies and posts around the world. They analyze a variety of economies that are or could be markets for U.S. businesses.

    Topics include Openness to Investment, Legal and Regulatory systems, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property Rights, Transparency, Performance Requirements, State-Owned Enterprises, Responsible Business Conduct, and Corruption.

     

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