The annual Towards a More Safe and Secure World initiative brings foreign judicial, law enforcement, and security officials to the U.S. to explore transnational threats to international peace and security. more
Last week, First Lady Melania Trump unveiled her “ Be Best ” initiative to promote the emotional, physical, and social health of children, one of the main pillars of which is to address opioid addiction.… more
More than 300,000 Americans have died from overdoses involving opioids since 2000. President Trump has mobilized his entire Administration to address opioid abuse by directing the declaration of a nationwide… more
In Vienna, countries recently met during the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to tackle the world’s most pressing drug-control challenges. These include, as we in the United States know all too well, the great… more
The 61 st United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is underway in Vienna, Austria through March 16. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs James A… more
This week (February 27-28), the State Department hosted an International Conference on Mobilizing Law Enforcement Efforts to Defeat ISIS. In coordination with INTERPOL and the International Institute for… more
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Austin, Texas, where he delivered a speech outlining our engagement in the Western Hemisphere, and then to Mexico City, Mexico; Bariloche and Buenos Aires,… more
