Last month, thousands of attendees from governments, the private sector, and nonprofits convened at the first U.N. Water Conference since…
“There was a feeling, from some NGOs that I spoke with but also some U.N. actors, that we kind of just went along with what the government was proposing,” said McIlreavy.
The answer is clear: for less than 1% of the federal budget, the United States’ global development and humanitarian assistance can lift millions of people out of poverty, end extreme hunger, protect human rights, build resilience, and promote responsive democratic governance—all while advancing core American values and economic and security interests.
As Congress and the U.S. government continue to invest billions in development and humanitarian assistance, debates over these programs have…
Leading humanitarian, development, and global health organizations are calling on Members of Congress to protect the International Affairs budget in Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) despite the Administration’s proposed 24 percent cuts.
Despite the Administration’s repeated efforts to gut foreign aid, Congress has proven a bulwark against those dangerous proposals, restoring funding.
While it is still unknown how COVID-19 will ultimately change the development and humanitarian aid sectors, the current crisis has…
In the aftermath of World War II, States sought to strengthen the preservation of humanity in times of war.
