The United States is providing nearly $67 million dollars in additional humanitarian assistance to provide food, shelter, heath care and other urgent aid for vulnerable Congolese and refugees.
Vice President Mike Pence warned, “The greatest corruption of government is when the people lose their voice, their vote, their freedom, and their basic human rights under the heavy hand of dictatorship.”
Today, Venezuela is in an economic and political crisis steadily spiraling downward.
In an effort to hasten relief to northern Iraq’s minorities, the United States has announced that $55 of $75 million for the UN’s Funding Facility for Stabilization will be allocated for projects in minority communities in the Ninewa Plains and Sinjar.
Although the evacuation and treatment of 29 of the more than 600 critically ill patients is a step in the right direction, the United States remains extremely concerned about the dire situation in Eastern Ghouta.
Critically-needed supplies, including food and medicine, have arrived in Yemen, after Saudi Arabia and the Saudi-led coalition eased the three-week military blockade they had imposed on Yemeni ports and Sanaa International Airport.
As part of the continuing U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon recently met with Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque in Dhaka.
A significant component of the project includes training for refugees who have lost limbs to landmines on how to first heal themselves, and later become skilled rehabilitation professionals capable of helping others.
The United States takes pride in its humanitarian efforts and goals, and will continue to care for people around the world who are fleeing violence and persecution.
Over five hundred thousand Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh, a country already overpopulated and struggling to meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Over the past month, USAID sent Disaster Assistance Response Teams to Mexico and countries across the Caribbean to coordinate U.S. international disaster response efforts.
“Famine is an issue of peace and security.”
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