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| | Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Religious Freedom Commission Cites Countries of Particular Concern |
 | | The countries are Burma, China, Eritrea, India, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Vietnam, said Commission Chairman Michael Young during a briefing at the State Department's Foreign Press Center in Washington February 18. |
 | | The Commission believes that "the designation of these countries is one of the most important steps towards the advancement of human rights that the United States takes every year, and we have strongly urged the Department of State to name those particular countries," he said. |
 | | The Commission's responsibility is to conduct continuing independent reviews of violations of religious freedom wherever they might occur around the globe, and to provide advice to the President, the Secretary of State, and the Congress on these matters. |
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