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« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2010, 04:57:42 PM »

It's sad that some people actually want to cut our Foreign Aid Budget.

But I'll admit, I was caught off guard by 0.7%, it seems quite puny. Sad
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« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2010, 08:22:21 PM »

You are doing fabulous work Hash Smiley
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« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2010, 08:30:18 PM »

Fiji is a dictatorship with some seriously dodgy ethnic issues.
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« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2010, 08:35:32 PM »

$300,000,000 to Pakistan and only $90,000,000 to Bangaldesh?

Up with this I will not put.
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« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2010, 08:37:13 PM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?
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« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2010, 08:43:33 PM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?

I didn't know Israel is struggling with massive poverty.
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« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2010, 08:44:07 PM »


Tel Aviv can kill civilians with its own money.
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« Reply #32 on: May 04, 2010, 08:49:05 PM »

Fiji is a dictatorship with some seriously dodgy ethnic issues.

That must have evaded me. Oceania sometimes bores me that I fail to notice its going-ons. It is revised.

And the Bengali lobby has successfully campaigned for an increase in aid to said country.
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« Reply #33 on: May 04, 2010, 08:54:03 PM »

Excellent. This $150,000,00 will go a long way towards renaming things after Bangabandhu.

The way conditional aid is assigned is rather interesting. I'd argue that Kigali is far more dodgy than Kinshasa, for instance.
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« Reply #34 on: May 05, 2010, 07:43:27 AM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?

I didn't know Israel is struggling with massive poverty.

Is this only humanitarian aid as opposed to military aid?
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« Reply #35 on: May 05, 2010, 08:35:56 AM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?

I didn't know Israel is struggling with massive poverty.

Is this only humanitarian aid as opposed to military aid?

The DoEA previleges humanitarian aid over military aid and prefers to spend the already teeny foreign aid budget largely on humanitarian causes than paying for the guns of other countries, especially those who can already afford tons of them on their own.

I do find it interesting that nobody participated in the roundtable on this topic, nobody bothered asking questions, but everybody is ready to lobby for their turf or complain after the fact. Not that I'm surprised.
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« Reply #36 on: May 05, 2010, 08:38:29 AM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?

I didn't know Israel is struggling with massive poverty.

Is this only humanitarian aid as opposed to military aid?

The DoEA previleges humanitarian aid over military aid and prefers to spend the already teeny foreign aid budget largely on humanitarian causes than paying for the guns of other countries, especially those who can already afford tons of them on their own.

I do find it interesting that nobody participated in the roundtable on this topic, nobody bothered asking questions, but everybody is ready to lobby for their turf or complain after the fact. Not that I'm surprised.

So I take it the answer to my question is: "yes".

Is military aid under the auspices of your office? If not, which office?
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« Reply #37 on: May 05, 2010, 09:40:05 AM »

What are we defining as Palestine?  And why is Israel not receiving any aid?

What aid does Israel actually need?
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« Reply #38 on: May 05, 2010, 10:30:30 AM »

Is military aid under the auspices of your office? If not, which office?

Yes, it seems, though defense is obviously the least talked about topic around here.

It is not in my philosophy in this office to use the teeny budget for foreign aid on helping other countries buy their guns to kill people. If my budget was increased, then I could explore military aid to our allies who are clearly in need of such aid, under conditions.
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« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2010, 10:57:46 AM »

Is military aid under the auspices of your office? If not, which office?

Yes, it seems, though defense is obviously the least talked about topic around here.

It is not in my philosophy in this office to use the teeny budget for foreign aid on helping other countries buy their guns to kill people. If my budget was increased, then I could explore military aid to our allies who are clearly in need of such aid, under conditions.

Fair enough. Can't get blood from a stone.
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« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2010, 04:17:31 PM »

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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« Reply #41 on: June 17, 2010, 06:19:17 PM »

I know I don't have much to do and nothing much to change and that nobody cares, but I'm still here.

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The DoEA strongly condemns ethnic violence in South Kyrgyzstan and we urge calm and a peaceful resolution of the conflict. Atlasia warns any foreign states not to get involved in the current crisis in Kyrgyzstan.
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« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2010, 09:09:29 AM »

Since I've been fired/dumped anyways, I resign effective immediately.
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