US Embassy in Belarus and Related Information Go to the A Belarus Miscellany Topic List Search the A Belarus Miscellany Web site Also see the USA Memorial Gift page of this Web site for information about the U.S. gift to the people of Belarus at Kurapaty.

Photo Credit: President W J Clinton's visit to the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, January 15, 1994. Souvenir postcard of the visit by Technalohija Publishing House (1996)

U.S. Embassy in Miensk, Belarus

US Embassy Belarus Web site     (For the latest information and additional details, refer to the official U.S. Embassy, Belarus, Web site. Note: connectivity to Belarus is not always adequate)

Belarus - Consular Information Sheet (at a US Web site; info last updated: October 20, 2006)

Mensk Location: 46 Starovilenskaya Ulitsa
Mailing Address: U.S. Embassy Mensk
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20521-7010

TEL: 011-375-172/ 347-761
FAX: 011-375-172/ 347-853

TEL: (7-0172) 31-50-00
FAX: (7-0172) 34-78-53

Ambassador: Karen Brevard Stewart

The 6th US Ambassador to Belarus was nominated on July 21, 2006, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 4, 2006, and was sworn in by the U.S. Secretary of State on September 8, 2006. She arrived in Minsk September 18, 2006. (Previous ambassadors: (5) George A. Krol (from September 4, 2003 -- 2006), (4) Michael Kozak [October 2000 -- August 2003], (3) Daniel V. Speckhard [from August, 1997; was recalled in June, 1998; returned to Belarus & resumed duties on Sept. 16, 1999; completed his term, July, 2000]. Previous ambassadors were (2) Kenneth S. Yalowitz [Nov. 7, 1994 -- August, 1997], and (1) David H. Swartz [Aug., 15, 1992 -- January, 1994].)

The United States recognized Belarusian independence on December 25, 1991.

United States Information Service (USIS) Information within Belarus

Notes

• Beginning in early 1997, educational exchange and business programs appear to have been downgraded between the US and Belarus. Check with the Embassy Web site and related US government Web sites in the USA to learn about current programs.

• Although part of the executive branch of the US government, USIS does support a number of worthy educational and professional programs and exchanges.

• Fulbright and other programs. Refer to the USIS Mensk and US Embassy Belarus Web site for further information.

• Many of the US-government-sponsored programs in Belarus are administered by IREX and or ACTR/ACCELS. (The effectiveness of these organizations as well varies markedly with the skills and background of the current, short-term American staff administering them.)

• The street address changed in either late 1998 or early 1999. Check the Embassy Web site for up-to-date information.

  
  

  For information about IREX in the US, refer to IREX US.

Related Information

• Country Report on Human Rights Practices - 2006: Belarus   Released by the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (March 6, 2007)
• Also refer to   Travel Information   Web page for travel advisories, etc., for visitors to Belarus