The US Department of State is waiting for a revolution. Dozens of offices at risk of closing
The project provides for the liquidation of dozens of positions and branches, including those dealing with climate, refugee matters, democracy and Africa. It also assumes a significant limitation of diplomatic operations in Canada.
Threatened with closure are, among others African office, international organization office that cooperates with the UN, Women's Office, as well as a number of other offices related to public diplomacy and public relations.
Bloomberg's publication noted that the work of the State Department would be reorganized around four regional offices-Indo-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Eurasia. At the same time, most embassies and consulates in sub -Saharan Africa can be closed. The changes are to come into force until October 1.
A new exam for the diplomatic service will also be developed, which will be adapted “to the vision of the president's foreign policy”.
However, it is still unclear whether the draft order will be completely signed by US President Donald Trump. According to the high -ranking official The final version of the ordinance may be less radical than the one that currently went to diplomats.
In addition, the document provides that the Humanitarian Aid Office will take over the functions previously assigned to the American Agency for International Development (USAID), which recently significantly reduced its activity and has been transferred to the control of the State Department.
Some department employees express skepticism as to the possibility of full implementation of such extensive changes. “I suspect that this leak is a distraction of attention, which is to make us ultimately grateful for a more modest but still unpopular reorganization,” wrote one of them on Reddit.
Earlier, information appeared in the media that the US president's administration is considering the possibility of closing a number of American consulates and diplomatic missions around the world in order to reduce costs in the Department of State.
Trump also wants to ask the Congress to cut the budgets of the Department of State and USAID by almost half.
