Angola Donors

Since FY 93, the U.S. has provided more than $600 million to support humanitarian mine action. Other major donors include: the EU ($151 million); 12 European countries (e.g. Norway ($107 million) and UK ($79 million)); Canada; and Australia. ... [Read More]

The World’s Landmine Problem and the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Program: A Timeline

The Landmine Threat There are more than 100 landmine and/or unexploded ordnance (UXO) affected countries in the world. Approximately 20 of these are heavily-affected, including Angola, Afghanistan, Croatia, Egypt, and Cambodia.More than a dozen countries produce landmines, including Cuba, Egypt, Singapore, and Vietnam; and almost 20 countries or rebel groups use landmines, including some countries that produce them.As estimated 45-50 million landmines infest at least 12 million sq. km of land around the world. These landmines: [Read More]

Travel to Rwanda and Sudan

In Sudan, Deputy Secretary Zoellick continued our work -- in concert with the African Union, other international parties, and the Sudanese -- to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, advance effective implementation of the North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and promote a political reconciliation in Darfur. He met with one of the forward-deployed African Union units in Darfur and talked with tribal leaders at a camp of internally displaced persons. His visit followed up on the U.S. pledge made at the May 26 donors conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to support expansion of the African Union force in Darfur, particularly through NATO. ... [Read More]

Bush To Increase U.S. Funding To Fight Malaria by $1.2 Billion - US Department of State

-- The President calls on other donors, foundations, and private, public, and voluntary organizations to complement the United States commitments by providing additional funding. ...

-- The United States will work in partnership with host country governments in Africa building on existing national programs. This initiative will also support the efforts of the Global Fund, the World Bank, Roll Back Malaria, and other donors. ... [Read More]

Zambia (07/05)

Major donors: Donors provided $38 million in development assistance to Zambia in 2004. The World Bank is Zambia's largest multilateral donor. Other key multilateral donors include the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union, UN agencies, and the African Development Bank. Counting direct bilateral assistance and assistance through multilateral agencies, the U.S. is Zambia's largest country donor. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Fact Sheet: Bush To Increase U.S. Funding To Fight Malaria by $1.2 Billion

-- The United States will work in partnership with host country governments in Africa building on existing national programs. This initiative will also support the efforts of the Global Fund, the World Bank, Roll Back Malaria, and other donors. ...

-- The President calls on other donors, foundations, and private, public, and voluntary organizations to complement the United States commitments by providing additional funding. ... [Read More]

Weekly Special Report, April 14, 2005

ZoellickOutlines U.S. Financial Commitment to Peace in Sudan U.S.Pressing for Allied Assistance at Sudan Donors' Conference USAIDWorking to Resettle Displaced Persons in Sudan BushWill Welcome President Kagame of Rwanda to White House UnitedStates Notes Anniversary of 1994 Rwanda Genocide [Read More]

Fighting Malaria in Africa

Combating Malaria and Improving LivesWhile malaria is both preventable and treatable if addressed properly and quickly, this disease is one of the greatest threats to human health and economic welfare on earth. Each year, malaria kills almost 1.2 million people, with the vast majority of victims being young children in Africa. Estimated yearly economic loss due to malaria is about $12 billion, accounting for a crippling 1.3 percent annual loss in GDP growth in endemic countries. The more than $1 billion additional funding announced today will be used over the next five years to prevent and treat malaria in targeted, highly-endemic sub-Saharan African countries. Funding for this comprehensive initiative will include: $30 million to launch the initiative in Tanzania, Uganda, and Angola in 2006; $135 million to expand work in the initial three countries and to launch the program in additional countries in 2007; $300 ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

Ecuador is a source, transit, and destination country for persons trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Many victims are children trafficked for sexual exploitation; in 2003, the ILO estimated that over 5,000 minors in Ecuador were being exploited in prostitution. Poverty drives some poor rural families to send children to work on banana plantations or in small-scale mines and to urban areas where traffickers exploit them. Ecuadorians are trafficked to Western Europe, particularly Spain and Italy, and to other countries in Latin America. Colombians cross the border into Ecuador to engage in prostitution and many are believed to have been trafficked. Ecuador’s lax border controls make it a point of origin and transit for illegal migrants; the use of alien smuggling operations by migrants increases their vulnerability to being trafficked. The ... [Read More]

Angola

A series of national conferences on women's rights, partially funded by foreign donors, continued to call for the Government to amend the Civil Code to end women's legal inequality, create a social welfare program, and strengthen enforcement mechanisms for existing legislation. ...

Military operations by both the Government and UNITA continued to result in numerous human rights violations. The Government and UNITA continue to use antipersonnel landmines to strengthen defensive positions and, in the case of UNITA, to prevent residents within its own areas from fleeing to government-held areas (see Section 2.d.). Large areas have been remined since the resumption of fighting in 1999, mostly by UNITA. Military attacks have resulted in indiscriminate and summary killings, torture, abductions, destruction of property, and theft (see Sections 1.a., 1.b., and 1.c.). The provinces most affected during the year were Kwanza Norte, Malange, Bie, and Moxico, although UNITA also increased raids on or near the coastal areas. There were several attacks on Congolese miners during the year. The Government's failure to pay, feed, and equip many of its army and police personnel resulted in frequent extortion and theft of civilian property by security personnel. Government personnel ... [Read More]