Rewrite of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and Fiscal Year 1995 Foreign Assistance Request: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, Partea 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 588 pagini

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Pagina 393 - Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,
Pagina 229 - Biological diversity" means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.
Pagina 413 - States is to promote the increased observance of internationally recognized human rights by all countries. "(2) It is further the policy of the United States that, except under circumstances specified in this section, no security assistance may be provided to any country the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.
Pagina 246 - Federation (IPPF/London), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank and other international financial institutions and their global population, health, research, and information activities.
Pagina 236 - ... the transition to and consolidation of democratic regimes throughout the world. Programs focus on such problems as: human rights abuses; misperceptions about democracy and free-market capitalism; lack of experience with democratic institutions; the absence or weakness of intermediary organizations; nonexistent, ineffectual, or undemocratic political parties; disenfranchisement of women, indigenous peoples, and minorities; failure to implement national charter documents; powerless or poorly defined...
Pagina 227 - Agency's environmental programs support two strategic goals: reducing long-term threats to the global environment, particularly loss of biodiversity and climate change; and promoting sustainable economic growth locally, nationally, and regionally by addressing environmental, economic, and developmental practices that impede development and are unsustainable. Globally...
Pagina 218 - Sustainable development is characterized by economic and social growth that does not exhaust the resources of a host country; that respects and safeguards the economic, cultural, and natural environment; that creates many incomes and chains of enterprises; that is nurtured by an enabling policy environment; and that builds indigenous institutions that involve and empower the citizenry. Development is "sustainable" when it permanently enhances the capacity of a society to improve its quality of life.
Pagina 221 - Countries where USAID's presence is limited, but where aid to nongovernmental sectors may facilitate the emergence of a civic society, help alleviate repression, meet basic humanitarian needs, enhance food security, or influence a problem with regional or global implications.
Pagina 261 - Agency provides humanitarian assistance that saves lives, reduces suffering, helps victims return to self-sufficiency, and reinforces democracy. Programs focus on disaster prevention, preparedness, and mitigation; timely delivery of disaster relief and short-term rehabilitation supplies and services; preservation of basic institutions of civil governance during disaster crisis; support for democratic institutions during periods of national transition; and building and reinforcement of local capacity...
Pagina 348 - Andean countries (from $6 million In 1988 to $140 million in 1990) has proven ineffective; cocaine production In Latin America increased by 28 percent In 1990 and by an estimated additional 10 percent in 1991. Unless expanded efforts to cut consumption In the United States are joined with viable economic alternatives in the drugproducing countries, particularly in Latin America, Illegal drugs will remain their most profitable export and drug addiction will continue to cause violsnce and social disruption...

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