Throughout 2011, the Peace Corps is commemorating 50 years of promoting peace and friendship around the world with roundtables, receptions and parties across the United States. (item 2, The Washington Diplomat Diplomatic Pouch newsletter)

New Finnish Ambassador Ritva Koukku-Ronde spoke about the Finnish Embassy building; known as the first “green” embassy in Washington.

The Embassy of Kazakhstan recently opened its doors to talk trade and culture, part of the mission’s growing public outreach to promote the energy-rich Central Asian nation by its affable ambassador in Washington, Erlan Idrissov.

It’s not every day that you get to meet a real prince. But on Oct. 26, the students of Miner Elementary School in Northeast D.C. did just that.

Below, see "Africa Forum" and "IFE/INFO Policy Roundtable" in the Diplomatic Spotlight section of The Washington Diplomat (May 2011) — including a close-up image — for photos and captions by Julie Poucher Harbin. Below, see "Women Media Leaders" in…

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a very good forum because I can see that women got power," said Ambassador of the Republic of Congo Serge Mombouli, as he addressed a crowd of mostly women in the…

Special to the Diplomatic Pouch (April 2011 edition) by Julie Poucher Harbin Top women media executives and journalists from Canada,Britain, Uganda, Peru, Germany, Norway and the United States were among the guest speakers at an International…

At a ceremony kicking off National Labor Rights Week, the embassies of Dominican Republic, Costa Rica and El Salvador signed joint declarations and arrangements with the US Labor Dept. aimed at protecting migrants' rights.