U.S. Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced more than $6 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Venezuelan refugees and migrants and their host communities in Chile.
The United States will send more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa.
This year is likely to be the most food insecure year on record globally, according to the United Nations.
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is providing more than $311 million in additional humanitarian assistance to 3.8 million food insecure people in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin regions.
On April 3, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited Moldova -- a destination for many Ukrainian refugees, and a transit country for many others.
In just five weeks, nearly a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been displaced, including more than half of the nation’s children.
U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas announced that the United States would deliver $152 million in additional humanitarian assistance for those in Bangladesh, Burma, and elsewhere in the region affected by the Burmese military’s crimes against humanity.
The government of Ethiopia and the Tigrayan regional authority have agreed to a humanitarian truce and cessation of hostilities respectively to allow the delivery of desperately needed aid to the people of Tigray.
“Despite significant obstacles, the people of Burma have not given up, and we stand with them in support of democracy, " said Craig Hart, USAID Deputy Administrator for Asia.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “We are focused on Ukraine’s urgent humanitarian needs as an important part of our response to Russia’s premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a U.S. sovereign loan guarantee to Ukraine of up to $1 billion to support its economic reform agenda and continued engagement with the International Monetary Fund.
COVAX, a cooperative effort of the vaccine alliance GAVI and the World Health Organization, issued a set of recommendations to make the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines more equitable and effective.
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