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Diversity Visa Lottery results
The United States Embassy is pleased to announce that this year’s Diversity Visa Lottery results are now available. Applicants can log on to http://www.dvlottery.state.gov to check if they were randomly selected for the next stage in the Diversity Visa application process.

Closing remarks by the DCM at the MCIP
June 26, 2009: Remarks made by Chargé d'Affaires James Moore at the closing ceremony of the Multinational Communications Interoperability Program's Final Planning Conference.

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Transcript of the CO.NX webchat on Sri Lanka and the Maldives
June 23, 2009 - Gregg Sullivan, director of press and public diplomacy for the State Department’s Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, answered questions in a webchat on Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

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UNSCR 1540 Implementation Workshop
June 23, 2009: Remarks mady by Chargé d'Affaires James Moore at the opening session of the UNSCR 1540 Implementation Workshop.

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Trafficking in Persons Report 2009

Country Report Sri Lanka
Country Report Maldives

DOE Megaports Visit by a Senior Bangladeshi Delegation
June 11, 2009 - Remarks by Charge d'Affaires James R. Moore for the DOE Megaports Visit by a Senior Bangladeshi Delegation at the Colombo Port

Remarks by Ambassador Robert O. Blake at his Final Press Conference
May 20, 2009-I invited you all here because today marks my last day as U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives.

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United States Condemns Rebel Actions in Sri Lanka
23 April 2009 - The United States has condemned the fighting in Sri Lanka, where thousands of civilians are being held hostage and many others are without supplies or medical care.

Ambassador Rice’s Remarks at U.N. Security Council on Sri Lanka
23, April 2009 - Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative, on the situation in Sri Lanka, at the Security Council stakeout, April 22, 2009

U.S., International Tsunami Efforts Continue in Indian Ocean
27 February 2009 - Washington — Four years after the deadliest tsunami in recorded history took the lives of 227,898 people and displaced 1.7 million, the coastal nations of the Indian Ocean, with help from the United States and other countries, have created a small margin of safety for themselves against a future onslaught by the sea.

Refugee Admissions Program for Near East and South Asia
06 February 2009 - Since 1980, over 191,000 refugees from Near Eastern and South Asian countries have been resettled in the United States.

Rice pledges new era in U.S. support for human rights
29 January 2009 - Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, US Permanent Representative, on Respect for International Humanitarian Law, in the Security Council.