Congo Democratic Recipe Republic
USIS Washington File: TEXT: USAID'S ATWOOD BEFORE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The Administration is requesting $35 million under the Economic Support Fund for the African Great Lakes Justice Initiative. The objective of the Great Lakes Justice Initiative is to contribute to efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi to bring an end to the culture of impunity. Recognizing that justice is one critical element, the initiative is designed to support an expanded effort to help the public and private sectors in those nations to develop justice systems that are impartial, credible, and effective, and to help promote inclusivity, coexistence, and security. The balance of the increase in Economic Support Funds will be used to support other high priority Administration foreign policy initiatives, particularly in Africa and the Middle East, ... [Read More]
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I then congratulated Nehru on the crucial role India had played in regard to the United Nations. In the Congo following Lumumba's death there had been a rush by several nations to withdraw their troops and indeed many were actually being pulled out. If this trend had continued, the whole United Nations effort in the Congo would have collapsed. Nehru retrieved the situation, however, by his offer to send 4,500 additional Indians. ... On March 30, 1961, Secretary of State Rusk stopped briefly in New Delhi and met with Prime Minister Nehru. Rusk was returning from the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Ministerial Council meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Discussion over lunch focused on mutual concerns in Laos and the Congo. Rusk's memorandum of the conversation, which deals almost exclusively with the discussion concerning the Congo, is printed in volume XX, pages 114 - 115. ... [Read More]
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