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Donors' Conference for Haiti
Secretary Powell (July 20): "Haiti's needs are great, but with our help, her government and people will be equal to the task. For our part, I am pleased to report that the Bush Administration has tripled the amount of aid we originally designated for Haiti in this fiscal year." [full text] [DSL; dial-up; audio]
Iran
Spokesman Richard Boucher (July 19): "When examining our Iran policy, you have to say right up front, as we do, that we have longstanding differences with Iran, serious issues that need to be resolved for us to have a better relationship with Iran. We've had grave concerns about Iran's support for terrorism, Iran's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and its appalling human rights record. The Iranians are well aware of the kind of steps we expect of them to help overcome these concerns, and I'd have to say that, looking at the past year or two, even longer, our concerns are undiminished." [full text]
![A woman in El Meshter camp, April 16, 2004, for displaced people near El Fashir in Sudans western Darfur region separates grain from dust after a food aid delivery. [AP Photo]](/all/20040721031451im_/http://state.gov/cms_images/sudan_darfur_1405.jpg) Relations With Sudan
Saving lives in Darfur by ending the violence and ensuring delivery of humanitarian assistance is a top priority for the United States. The U.S. has pressed the Government of Sudan to take actions to halt the violence and atrocities, allow unrestricted humanitarian access, cooperate fully with cease-fire and international monitoring, participate in political talks with the Darfur rebels, and hold accountable those most responsible for the atrocities. The U.S. will not normalize relations with Sudan until the situation in Darfur is satisfactorily addressed. [full text] [more on Darfur]
 Seeds of Peace South Asia Participants Visit State Department
Acting Assistant Secretary Donald Camp and the staff of the Bureau of South Asian Affairs hosted more than three dozen youth leaders from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan participating in the Seeds of Peace Conflict Revolution Program at the Department of State on July 13. [more]
| | |  | |  The Millennium Challenge program provides development assistance to help recipient countries attract investment and trade.
Eight countries have been selected to receive $50 million in strategic anti-trafficking in persons assistance.
| | New Background Notes have been posted for Ecuador, Grenada, and South Africa.
A recently released USAID report, "A Year in Iraq," states that $3.3 billion in U.S. aid fixed schools, vaccinated millions of children, restored electricity and created Iraq’s first democratic councils.
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