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Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog
Posts Tagged: UNWhy America Needs to Ramp Up Aid to PakistanAugust 18, 2010Posted by Molly Kinder in Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Tags: Haiti, Pakistan, UN
This is a joint post with Wren Elhai, and first appeared on Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel. “Heart-wrenching,” said U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Sunday upon surveying Pakistan’s ongoing floods. The U.N. chief called the floods “the worst natural disaster” he said he had ever seen. The numbers explain why. More people have been affected by Pakistan’s catastrophic floods than any other natural disaster on record — over 20 million and counting. That’s more than were affected by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, the 2004 Asian tsunami, and this year’s earthquake in Haiti combined. As millions of dislocated Pakistanis search for shelter and food and as health conditions deteriorate and disease spreads, the need for an immediate, large-scale humanitarian response is urgent. And this is just the beginning. Once the floodwaters subside from Pakistan’s swollen rivers, the task of rebuilding will be staggering – with a price tag in the billions, and lasting for years to come. The effectiveness of the response to these relief and rebuilding challenges will have serious implications for the wellbeing of the country’s citizens, for the peace and stability of Pakistan and the entire South Asian region, and for U.S. national security. Read More… 8 Comments »Obama Launches Whole-of-Government Review of U.S. Global Development PolicySeptember 1, 2009Posted by Sheila Herrling in Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Tags: MFAN, UN, White HouseThis blog entry also appeared on The Huffington Post. President Obama has signed a Presidential Study Directive (PSD) – an order to initiate policy review procedures — authorizing National Security Advisor Jim Jones and Chairman of the National Economic Council Larry Summers to lead a whole-of-government review of U.S. global development policy. White House leadership of the exercise is important given the convening power necessary to secure high-level participation by the more than two dozen government entities currently responsible for portions of U.S. development policy. Although the contents of the PSD are yet to be made public, I suspect it will be much like its predecessor PSD-1 which authorized a review of U.S. policy and organizational capacity to address homeland security and counterterrorism. Read More… 3 Comments »MCC Biggest Disagreement between House and Senate Appropriations BillsJuly 15, 2009Posted by Sheila Herrling in MCA/MCC, Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Tags: Appropriations, Budget, Congress, UNLast Thursday the House passed a $48.8 billion FY10 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (H.R. 3081), $3.2 billion below the President’s request (not including $1.9 billion in advanced FY09 supplemental funding). The bill included $1.4 billion for the MCC, just a hair below the President’s $1.43 billion request. The Senate Appropriations Committee delivered a slightly lower amount of overall funding, $48.7 billion (again, not including advanced supplemental funding). Read More… 3 Comments »
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