Public Policy & Advocacy Briefs/Reports
Letter To OMB Acting Director From 40 Organizations Supporting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Accounts
In this letter, 40 NGOs urge Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeffrey Zients to take steps to increase the humanitarian accounts to levels approved by the relevant Senate committees for FY2013, as the current Continuing Resolution expires. Should another Continuing Resolution be passed, the organizations say, these accounts should be adjusted to reflect needs which have increased dramatically from when the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act was passed by Congress on December 23, 2011.Several emergencies have intensified over the course of the current year and present new needs that were not anticipated when the President sent his FY 2013 budget to Congress on Monday, February 13, 2012, according to the letter.
Letter To OMB Acting Director From 40 Organizations Supporting U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Accounts
In this letter, 40 NGOs urge Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jeffrey Zients to take steps to increase the humanitarian accounts to levels approved by the relevant Senate committees for FY2013, as the current Continuing Resolution expires. Should another Continuing Resolution be passed, the organizations say, these accounts should be adjusted to reflect needs which have increased dramatically from when the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act was passed by Congress on December 23, 2011.Several emergencies have intensified over the course of the current year and present new needs that were not anticipated when the President sent his FY 2013 budget to Congress on Monday, February 13, 2012, according to the letter.
In this letter, 40 NGOs urge U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to take steps to increase the humanitarian accounts to levels approved by the relevant Senate committees for FY2013, as the current Continuing Resolution expires. Should another Continuing Resolution be passed, the organizations say, these accounts should be adjusted to reflect needs which have increased dramatically from when the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act was passed by Congress on December 23, 2011.Several emergencies have intensified over the course of the current year and present new needs that were not anticipated when the President sent his FY 2013 budget to Congress on Monday, February 13, 2012, according to the letter.
In this letter, 40 NGOs urge U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns to take steps to increase the humanitarian accounts to levels approved by the relevant Senate committees for FY2013, as the current Continuing Resolution expires. Should another Continuing Resolution be passed, the organizations say, these accounts should be adjusted to reflect needs which have increased dramatically from when the FY 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act was passed by Congress on December 23, 2011.Several emergencies have intensified over the course of the current year and present new needs that were not anticipated when the President sent his FY 2013 budget to Congress on Monday, February 13, 2012, according to the letter.
The 40 organizations that signed this open letter are urging Congress to ensure that funding levels approved for the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 are commensurate with humanitarian need. There is deep concern that current resource levels for humanitarian assistance are not sufficient, which will prove harmful to both U.S. interests and millions of vulnerable people requiring lifesaving assistance.Humanitarian needs resulting from conflicts and natural disasters around the world have increased dramatically over the course of the last year. "With more people displaced by conflict around the world than at any other point in the last 15 years, we simply cannot afford to step back our humanitarian assistance programs now," the letter reads.
Almost two years after the uprising in Syria began, Sarah Adams, MCC representative for Syria and Lebanon, and a friend in Syria discuss the realities of the current conflict.
This week’s edition includes a summary of the happenings on Capitol Hill as well as a summary of the House hearing on U.S. direct assistance in Afghanistan and several articles of interest.
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