International Organizations and Programs

Description

The International Organizations and Programs account (IO&P) supports voluntary U.S. contributions to international organizations and specialized agencies across various development, humanitarian, and scientific activities.

Use of Funds

IO&P funds contribute to the international organizations below and many others.

Justification

Examples of the organizations/programs funded by IO&P:

• Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund provides technical and financial assistance to help low- and middle-income countries phase out ozone-depleting substances.
• UNICEF works to ensure children’s survival and well-being. In 2020, UNICEF provided critical water and sanitation services and supplies for 106 million people.
• UNDP eradicates poverty and reduces inequalities and exclusion. In 2020, UNDP assisted 3 million people—43% women—in 27 crisis-affected countries get a job or a better livelihood.
• U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change advances the assessment of climate change science and technology and ensures cooperation among countries on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• U.N. OCHA coordinates international responses to humanitarian crises. In 2020, OCHA funded $3.7 billion to respond to COVID-19 and allocated $1.8 billion to humanitarian crises.
• UNFPA provides voluntary family planning information and services, training, and deployment of skilled birth attendants and midwives; and works to end child marriage and female genital mutilation. In 2020, UNFPA trained 478,000 health workers in 61 countries to respond to COVID-19.
• U.N. Women helps to end violence against women; promotes women’s economic empowerment and political participation; and supports women and girls in humanitarian crises and conflict. In 2020, U.N. Women achieved 262 legal reforms to advance equality in 69 countries and gained justice and recovery services for 98,700 gender-based violence survivors.