U.S. Department of State Reports from 2005

» 2005 International Religious Freedom Report
Secretary Rice (Nov. 8): "Our goal is to promote the fundamental right of religious freedom as a part of what President Bush calls 'our agenda for a freer world, where people can live and worship and raise their children as they choose'.” [ full text ] [ fact sheet ] [ report ] 
--- 2005 International Religious Freedom Report on the Republic of Macedonia. There was no overall change in the status of respect for religious freedom in Macedonia during the period covered by this report...full text. 

» 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report Released
Secretary Rice (June 3): "To confront the abomination of human trafficking, a modern-day abolitionist movement has emerged. Concerned citizens, students, faith-based organizations, feminists, and other nongovernmental groups are doing courageous and compassionate work to end this trade in human degradation." [full briefing],[report]
---2005 Trafficking in Persons Report on the Republic of Macedonia - The Government of Macedonia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, full text of the Report.

» Country Reports on Terrorism for 2004
Department Counselor Zelikow (April 27, 2005):   "Terrorism remains a global threat from which no nation is immune. Despite ongoing improvements in U.S. homeland security, our campaigns against insurgents and terrorists, and the deepening counter terrorism cooperation among the nations of the world, international terrorism continued to pose a significant threat to the United States and its partners in 2004." [ full text  of special briefing; reports ].

» Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004 - 2005
Secretary Rice (Mar. 28): "Freedom, democracy and human rights are not American principles or Western values. These ideals are shared by all people. They are the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." [full text|Report on Macedonia].

» The Global Anti-Semitism Report was released on January 5, 2005.  
PL 108-332, signed by the president on October 16, 2004, mandated this one-time report on acts of anti-Semitism worldwide and efforts to eradicate them...[briefing]