Announcement of ARPA – International Organizations and Programs (IO&P) Funds FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON DECEMBER 21, 2021 Permalink: https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-arpa-international-organizations-and-programs-iop-funds/ As part of continued United States’ leadership to end the global COVID-19 pandemic, we are announcing today a significant contribution of $580 million to seven multilateral partners to support the critical work they are doing to help end the pandemic, strengthen public health systems, and provide urgent relief. This brings …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 22 December, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News | Tags: Coronavirus, Global Health, Office of the Spokesperson
FACT SHEET: The National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (NAP) DECEMBER 03, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Permalink: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/03/fact-sheet-the-national-action-plan-to-combat-human-trafficking-nap/ Globally, an estimated 25 million people are subjected to human trafficking and forced labor, which is responsible for an estimated $ 150 billion annually in illicit profits. It erodes the safety and health of our communities and transportation networks, the security of our …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 6 December, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News | Tags: Human Trafficking, Statement and Releases
FACT SHEET October 29, 2021 The Governments of the United States and India co-hosted the fourth annual Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) virtually October 28-29, 2021. This marked the first time this event has been co-hosted in South Asia. The IPBF advances the United States’ vision for an open, interconnected, resilient, and secure Indo-Pacific region. As the premier …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 1 November, 2021 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Events, Fact Sheets, News, Regions | Tags: Fact Sheet, Indo-Pacific Business Forum, IPBF
BRIEFING ROOM OCTOBER 25, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES As we continue to work to protect people from COVID-19, today, the Biden Administration is releasing additional detail around implementation of the new international air travel policy requiring foreign national travelers to the United States to be fully vaccinated. This updated policy puts in place an international travel system that is stringent, …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 26 October, 2021 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Fact Sheets, News, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: Fact Sheet, President Joe Biden
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 4, 2021 The United States is ASEAN’s strategic partner and remains steadfast in its support for ASEAN-centered regional architecture at the heart of the Indo-Pacific. We applaud ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific and welcome the strong principles upon which it is based – inclusivity, openness, and a region based on rule of …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 5 August, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Regions | Tags: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Spokesperson, Partnerships
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON AUGUST 4, 2021 The United States has provided more than 23 million vaccine doses and over $158 million in emergency health and humanitarian assistance to ASEAN members to fight COVID-19 and is committed to a comprehensive set of actions towards ending the global pandemic in 2022. These include vaccinating some of the world’s …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 5 August, 2021 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Fact Sheets, News, Regions | Tags: ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Coronavirus, Global Health, Office of the Spokesperson
BRIEFING ROOM AUGUST 03, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Building off of last week’s announcement of additional actions that we are taking to stop the spread of the Delta variant and get more people vaccinated in the United States, President Biden will give an update on another critical piece of his strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic: stopping the spread of the virus …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 4 August, 2021 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: Fact Sheet, President Joe Biden
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Unveils Strategy for Global Vaccine Sharing, Announcing Allocation Plan for the First 25 Million Doses to be Shared Globally FACT SHEET BRIEFING ROOM JUNE 03, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES As we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic at home and work to end the pandemic worldwide, President Biden has promised …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 4 June, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: Biden-Harris Administration, COVAX, President Joe Biden
MARCH 30, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES “Too many Asian Americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are at stake. They’ve been attacked, blamed, scapegoated, and harassed. They’ve been verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, killed… The conversation we had today with …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 31 March, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News | Tags: President Joe Biden
FACT SHEET MARCH 21, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES “The prevalence, and pervasiveness, of racial discrimination might make the situation look hopeless, but we remain hopeful. Let us expose the racism and racial discrimination endemic to every society, around the globe. Let us press forward, to root out that discrimination and remove the rot from our foundations. And on …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 22 March, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News | Tags: Combat Systemic Racism, Effort, Statement and Releases
BRIEFING ROOM FACT SHEET: QUAD SUMMIT MARCH 12, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Permalink: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/12/fact-sheet-quad-summit/ The Quad Vaccine Partnership While ensuring that vaccines have been made available to our people, “Quad” partners will launch a landmark partnership to further accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, Quad leaders are taking shared action necessary to expand safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in 2021, and will work …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 15 March, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Officials | Tags: White House
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 25, 2021 Office of the Spokesperson The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remind all travelers that beginning tomorrow, January 26, all air passengers two years of age or older arriving to the United States must provide proof of a negative …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 26 January, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases | Tags: CDC, guidance, Press Releases
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON DECEMBER 11, 2020 Permalink: https://2017-2021.state.gov/u-s-2020-apec-outcomes/index.html The United States congratulates Malaysia for hosting a successful APEC year despite the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through entirely virtual APEC meetings, culminating with the virtual meetings of APEC Leaders and Foreign and Trade Ministers, the 21 APEC economies reached consensus on a number of ministerial …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 14 December, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, Press Releases | Tags: APEC, APEC Leaders, Foreign and Trade Ministers, Kuala Lumpur Leaders’ Declaration, Putrajaya
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 UNITED STATES-MALAYSIA PARTNERSHIP (PDF 1MB) In 2020, the United States celebrates the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. This partnership is built on our shared principles, as outlined in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, including ASEAN centrality, respect for sovereignty and rule of law, good governance, …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 30 September, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Malaysia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release FACT SHEET April 22, 2020 U.S.-ASEAN HEALTH FUTURES Today, Secretary Pompeo launched the U.S.-ASEAN Health Futures initiative. Health Futures captures our existing and ongoing work with ASEAN on public health and lays the groundwork for long-term partnership, targeted assistance, and a renewed focus on our most fundamental resource – the health …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 23 April, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Fact Sheet
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON MARCH 31, 2020 As the leader in the global health and humanitarian response to COVID-19, the United States has acted swiftly to support our ASEAN partners in combating the COVID-19 virus. Since the outbreak began, the U.S. Government has provided approximately $18.3 million in emergency health and humanitarian assistance to …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 2 April, 2020 | Topics: Fact Sheets, News
Secretary Michael R. Pompeo today addressed the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Washington, DC, to launch the economic and commercial pillars of the Trump Administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Before top U.S. business leaders and foreign dignitaries at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Pompeo detailed how U.S. business engagement in the Indo-Pacific is essential to the U.S. …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 31 July, 2018 | Topics: Events, Fact Sheets, News, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2015 Fact Sheet: The President’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative As part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI), President Obama will meet today with 500 emerging leaders from the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries. The meeting …
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By U.S. Embassy Malaysia | 20 November, 2015 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Press Releases | Tags: YSEALI
