U.S. Department of State Reports 2007

Secretary Condoleezza Rice

2007 International Religious Freedom Report Released

Secretary Rice (Sept. 14): "With this year's Report on International Religious Freedom, the State Department is helping to advance President Bush's vision of a world that is growing in freedom and peace. Through our bilateral relationships, our work in international forums, and our many ongoing discussions on this issue with people across the globe, the United States will continue working to promote religious freedom, to nurture tolerance and to build a more peaceful world for people of all faiths." Full Text | Report »  2007 International Religious Freedom Report on the Republic of Macedonia. The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice...full text.

Secretary Rice

2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Released

June 12, 2007

Secretary Rice: "More and more countries are coming to see human trafficking for what it is -- a modern-day form of slavery that devastates families and communities around the world. Much of the growing desire to fight this crime is due in no small part to our annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The report's purpose is to raise awareness, to highlight best practices and to inspire governments to take action against trafficking. I am pleased that this year's report covers more countries than ever before -- 164 in total." more.
- Republic of Macedonia: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report...full text.

Congolese voters show their voting cards at a polling station in Kinshasa, July 30, 2006. © AP images-large photo

2006 Human Rights Report Released

March 6, 2007

Secretary Rice : "With the release of this year's reports we are recommitting ourselves to help new democracies deliver on their people's aspirations for a better life. We are recommitting ourselves to stand with those courageous men and women who struggle for their freedom and their rights. And we are recommitting ourselves to call every government to account that still treats the basic rights of its citizens as options rather than, in President Bush's words, the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." Country Reports.

»»» 2006 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in the Republic of Macedonia. "The Macedonian government generally respected the human rights of its citizens"...full text.

Colombian anti narcotic police officers burn a coca laboratory, February 16, 2007

2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Released

March 2007

The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2006…more.

- 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report in the Republic of Macedonia.