What is our government doing?
Published by lourah on
February 05, 2009
Here are what some of our government officials have done for Uganda:
Former President Bush: gave 15 billion dollars in aid in the Presidential Emergency Fund for Aids Relief, some of which went to Ugandan efforts.
President Obama
As Senator, Barack Obama signed a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon supporting the peace negotiations in Uganda.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- Co-Sponsor, Senate Resolution 573 (09/06) calling for greater engagement of peace process
- Signatory, Senate letter to Secretary of State Rice (11/06) regarding the Juba negotiations
- Signatory, Congressional letter to President Bush (06/07)
- Signatory, letter from Senators to the Chairs of the International Appropriations Subcommittee (04/08), asking for $22 million to assist reconstruction in northern Uganda
*info from resolveuganda.org (http://www.resolveuganda.org/node/791)
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