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Q: Does the United States put any restrictions on U.S. citizens traveling to North Korea? A: While the United States government does not restrict travel to North Korea, the Department of State warns U.S. citizens against entering North Korea without first having received a explicit official permission and an entry visa from the Government of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

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On behalf of President Obama and the American people, I commend the Government of Benin for hosting this international symposium honoring the 50th anniversary of independence for 17 Francophone African countries. On this historic occasion, African leaders from government, business, and civil society have a unique opportunity to discuss the challenges of the last 50 years and share ideas about the way forward.

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The United States welcomes the publication of the new draft constitution by Kenya’s Committee of Experts. On my visit this summer, I urged Kenya’s people and leaders to move forward with the reform agenda that is so important to Kenya’s future.

The United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, has just returned from a November 16-November 23 trip to Sudan. He traveled to the areas of Khartoum, Abyei, and Darfur. In Khartoum, the two parties to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) —the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)—continue their discussions to resolve key outstanding issues relating to the 2010 national elections and the 2011 referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei.

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The United States is disappointed at the recent announcement that presidential elections in Cote d’Ivoire, scheduled for November 29, will again be delayed. In the past year Cote d’Ivoire has made significant progress on voter registration/identification, and it is imperative that all parties take every measure to ensure that elections are held without further delay.

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U.S. and South African officials recently discussed a broad array of nonproliferation-related issues, including nonproliferation challenges, nuclear security and smuggling, export controls, biosafety and biosecurity, and cooperation on nuclear energy, during meetings November 9-12 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Ambassador Richard Holbrooke is currently traveling to Berlin (November 12), Paris (November 13), Munich (November 14) and Moscow (November 15-17) for consultations with government officials and his Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) counterparts.

The United States and Angola will inaugurate consultative meetings under a new Strategic Partnership Dialogue on Monday, November 16 at the Department of State in Washington, DC. During Secretary Clinton’s visit to Angola on August 9-10, 2009, she and Angolan Foreign Minister dos Anjos agreed to jointly create a new mechanism for bilateral cooperation between the United States and Angola.

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The United States joined 192 other United Nations member states this week in enthusiastically supporting by consensus the creation of Mandela International Day, every July 18 starting in 2010. July 18 is Nelson Mandela’s birthday; he turned 91 this year.

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During a visit to Washington, D.C., a delegation from the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) met today with Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Thomas M. Countryman, and Robert W.

In light of serious concerns about Zimbabwe’s compliance with the Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme, we await full and expeditious implementation of the stringent controls that were agreed at the KP Plenary in Swakopmund, Nambia on November 5 for exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields.

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In light of serious concerns about Zimbabwe’s compliance with the Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme, we await full and expeditious implementation of the stringent controls for exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields that were agreed at the KP Plenary in Swakopmund, Namibia, on November 5. The United States expects Zimbabwe to commit substantial effort and resources to the obligations of the Work Plan.

The U.S. Department of State has named Fahad bin Kamal as State Alumni Member of the Month. Kamal is a Bangladeshi alumnus of the Department’s Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program. Throughout November, his leadership and contributions as a community organizer will be recognized on the State Alumni website (https: //alumni.

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The United States and Uganda signed an Open-Skies air services agreement on Tuesday, October 27, in Atlanta, at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s Conference on African Aviation. Uganda’s Minister of Transport, the Honorable John Nasasira, and Susan Kurland, the U.S.

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Following her meeting with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a contribution of $125 million for the first phase of a Signature Energy Program in Pakistan aimed at increasing electricity output and conserving wasted energy and money.

The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political Military Affairs will provide $2 million in new assistance to help Mozambique safeguard its citizens from abandoned landmines and unexploded munitions remaining from decades of conflict.

U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Istanbul, Turkey; Abuja, Nigeria; and Khartoum and Juba, Sudan from October 27 to November 2, 2009. Special Envoy Gration will travel to Istanbul, Turkey, to attend a meeting of the Elders, an independent group of eminent global leaders brought together by Nelson Mandela.

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