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Atlasian Foreign Aid Budget Presentation - New York City, NY
Fellow guests,
I announced Atlasia's goal to achieve a fairer, more equitable and new pattern of foreign aid that would take into account local issues, regional issues and the commitments of the various states to fighting corruption as well as their commitment to achieving democratic institutions at the past GTO conference. It is my pleasure to unveil Atlasia's 2010 foreign aid budget.
We believe, for the time being, that given the low foreign aid budget, which unfortunately represents but a tiny fraction of our total budget, that we should focus foreign aid on helping people, small businesses and local projects instead of funding a state's military machine, especially funding the machines of states that do not need our help to build weapons. The founding principle of this administration is of course achieving peaceful relations between states and fostering a feeling of cooperation and mutual aid between nations. Our goal is not to fund our allies nor is it to fund the military of other states. We should not use the budger of Atlasia on helping other nations buy their guns.
Atlasia is allocating a round total of $10 billion to foreign aid and international development, for the time being. Around 80% of this budget goes directly to specific countries, while the remaining 20% are given to international or regional organizations, including the GTO, which participate in various multinational development projects or development efforts. Furthermore, the Senate allocated $100,000,000 to Haiti earthquake relief and $45,000,000 to Chilean earthquake relief, which are exceptional sums. Lastly, because Atlasia is committed to democratic values and respect of basic human rights, we believe that states which do not fulfill basic democratic rights and values should not receive funds. As a result, aid to several country has been halted entirely and will be restarted only at the discretion of the DoEA following durable fulfillment of certain conditions. Other countries receive a limited amount of aid under clear and strict conditions requiring further reforms, and, at our discretion, if we believe that these nations do not meet these conditions, aid will totally discontinued and funds allocated to other nations or organizations.
The budget presented today is not entirely final and can be modified or reviewed at the SoEA's discretion.
It is my pleasure to unveil the following foreign aid budget.
Department of External Affairs: May 2010 Foreign Aid Review
Overview
As per the estimate of the Office of the GM, Atlasia allocates $10 billion (10,000,000,000) to foreign aid, humanitarian special assistance, international assistance and development for the present fiscal year. This is around 0.07% of our GDP.
The SoEA assumes that funds allocated by the Senate for the Chilean and Haitian earthquake relief are not taken entirely from the annual foreign aid budget of the DoEA, and that some of the actual money allocated for these efforts are either borrowed by the Atlasian government or taken from non-DoEA budgetary matters.
Atlasia is committed to international development and foreign aid in the goal of meeting the UN's Millenium Development Goals by 2015 at the earliest. We are also committed to democratic values and basic human rights, and we believe that it is wrong for Atlasia to allocated federal government money for aid and development projects run by or supervised by governments that do not adhere to these values.
Details
Including exceptional aid to Chile and counting Haiti's budget at the regular amount, $8,817,000,000 is allocated to individual countries as foreign aid. This number is $8,772,000,000 excluding Chile.
Special Considerations
Haiti earthquake relief: $100,000,000 allocated as per the Emergency Initiative for Haiti Earthquake Relief Act. Chile earthquake relief: $45,000,000 allocated as per the Emergency Initiative for Chile Earthquake Relief Act.
DoEA Foreign Aid: The Americas
Belize: $30,000,000 Bolivia: $100,000,000 Chile: $45,000,000 allocated as per the Emergency Initiative for Chile Earthquake Relief Act. There are no funds allocated for regular foreign aid to Chile. Colombia: $125,000,000 Dominican Republic: $10,000,000 Ecuador: $55,000,000 El Salvador: $70,000,000 Guatemala: $65,000,000 Haiti: $100,000,000 allocated as per the Emergency Initiative for Haiti Earthquake Relief Act. The regular foreign aid for Haiti would be $200,000,000. Honduras: $30,000,000 Nicaragua: $60,000,000 Peru: $175,000,000 Venezuela: $15,000,000 (reconstruction funds)
DoEA Foreign Aid: Europe
Albania: $25,000,000 Armenia: $60,000,000 Azerbaijan: Governmental foreign aid to Azerbaijan is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Bosnia & Herzegovina: $40,000,000 Georgia: $60,000,000 Kosovo: $50,000,000 Moldova: $40,000,000 Turkey: $12,000,000 Ukraine: $60,000,000
DoEA Foreign Aid: Africa
Angola: $90,000,000 Burkina Faso: $40,000,000 Burundi: $30,000,000 Chad: $15,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Chad is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Comoros: $25,000,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo: $30,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to the DRC is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Egypt: $40,000,000 Eritrea: $3,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Eritrea is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Ethiopia: $250,000,000 Ghana: $95,000,000 Kenya: $300,000,000 Lesotho: $50,000,000 Liberia: $260,000,000 Malawi: $75,000,000 Mali: $290,000,000 Mauritania: $150,000,000 Morocco: $40,000,000 Mozambique: $190,000,000 Namibia: $80,000,000 Niger: $110,000,000 Nigeria: $195,000,000 Rwanda: $50,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Rwanda is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Senegal: $35,000,000 Sierra Leone: $135,000,000 South Africa: $290,000,000 Sudan: $40,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Sudan is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections, recognition of basic human rights and a solution to the Darfur conflict. Swaziland: Governmental foreign aid to Swaziland is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including recognition of basic human rights. Tanzania: $60,000,000 Uganda: $50,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Uganda is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Zambia: $200,000,000 Zimbabwe: $100,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Zimbabwe is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights.
DoEA Foreign Aid: Asia and Oceania
Afghanistan: $2,750,000,000 Bangladesh: $150,000,000 Cambodia: $70,000,000 India: $65,000,000 Indonesia: $97,000,000 Iraq: $175,000,000 Jordan: $95,000,000 Kazakhstan: $30,000,000. Full governmental foreign aid to Kazakhstan is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Nepal: $45,000,000 Pakistan: $150,000,000 Palestine: $150,000,000. Continuation of governmental aid to Palestine is conditional on continued negotiations with Israel and a condemnation of violence and terrorism in achieving independence. Philippines: $130,000,000 Sri Lanka: $95,000,000 Tajikistan: $30,000,000 Uzbekistan: Governmental foreign aid to Uzbekistan is conditional on major democratic reforms in the country, including free elections and recognition of basic human rights. Yemen: $50,000,000
DoEA Foreign Aid: Multilateral Development
African Development Bank: $400,000,000 Asian Development Bank: $200,000,000 BancoSur / Bank of the South: $150,000,000 Caribbean Development Bank: $130,000,000 GTO: $393,000,000
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