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Priority Policy Recommendations
Pakistan
The U.S. should provide $60 million in funding over five years to the RAHA project.
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Colombia
International donors should support Ecuadorian refugee policy reform, especially the Enhanced Registration Process.
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Iraq
The U.S. should fund at least 50% of current and future UN appeals to address the needs of vulnerable Iraqis and continue bi-lateral aid and development programs.
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Somalia
Donor governments in cooperation with the United Nations and the African Union should bolster AMISOM capacity to carry out its current mandate, but not expand it or seek to deploy a larger UN force.
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Sudan
The U.S. Government should lead the international effort to identify an appropriate emergency package to address the current budget shortfall of the GoSS to avoid security consequences.
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Burma
The United States should join other donor nations in making a significant appropriation for humanitarian aid in Burma. It should allocate $30 million for FY10, with plans to increase its contribution to $45 million in FY11 and $60 million in FY12.
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Central African Republic
The U.S. should provide sufficient and better balanced funding that in addition to food also includes support for other important sectors such as health, water and sanitation.
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Letters and Testimonies
Press Release
02/24/2010
Report: U.S. Must Increase Support to UN Peacekeepers to Protect Civilians
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OpEd
01/08/2010
Financial Times: The world must not let Sudan return to war
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Press Release
12/09/2009
Foreign Aid Bill Shortchanges People Displaced by War
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Press Release
10/05/2009
Obama Administration Must Not Forget Displaced Iraqis
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Successes
  • Burma
    In 2008, the U.S. provided $50 million in assistance after Cyclone Nargis struck the Irrawaddy Delta -- killing 140,000 and affecting 2.4 million others. This was a tremendous increase over the U.S. government’s previous $3 million budget for aid to Burmese people inside the country. Refugees International slowly began to change the U.S. government’s stance against funding humanitarian aid programs inside Burma after two years of being one of the few organizations calling for increased assistance.