DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Amendments

Diseases: improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6700, S6716, S6727 [12JY]

Foreign aid: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S8003, S8025 [1AU]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S10595 [16OC]

Poverty: increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty (S. Res. 182), S4978 [4JN]

Small business: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073), S10962 [13NO]

Articles and editorials

African Famine, Made in Europe, H6073 [5SE]

Famine Looms for Southern Africa—Millions Suffering in Crisis Created by Nature, H2639 [20MY]

Interview—Mike Fay Is on Trek To Preserve Forest in Gabon, S6257 [27JN]

Jesse Helms—We Cannot Turn Away, S5151 [6JN]

``Pure'' and Starving Poor—Environmentalists Stifle Modern Agriculture in the Third World, H6073 [5SE]

U.N. Warns West To Act To Help Southern Africa Avoid Famine, H5067 [22JY]

U.S. Conscience Is Clear, H6072 [5SE]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: recognize the importance of inheritance rights of women (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3668 [18JN]

Agriculture: impact of declining world coffee prices on developing nations (see S. Res. 368), S11736 [20NO]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (see S. 1936), S660 [12FE]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 15), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY] (see H.R. 5761), H9036 [19NO]

———international tuberculosis control (see S. 2045), S2260 [21MR]

———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S5772 [19JN]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S2950 [18AP]

Food: ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment (see H.R. 4815), H2944 [22MY]

Foreign aid: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (see S. 2487), S4145 [9MY]

Foreign policy: ensure that the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative substantially increases resources available for human development and poverty reduction in countries eligible for assistance (see H.R. 4524), H1483 [18AP]

———extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests (see S. 2695), S6250 [27JN]

IMF: provide for Special Drawing Rights of the U.S. to be contributed to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and encourage other member countries to make similar contributions (see H.R. 3975), H931 [14MR]

Mozambique: tribute to successful efforts to establish, build, and maintain peace (see S. Res. 358), S11214 [15NO]

Peace Corps: funding (see H. Con. Res. 341), H737 [6MR]

———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 12), S11736 [20NO] (see S. 2667), S5901 [21JN] (see H.R. 4979), H3774 [20JN]

Small business: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see S. 3032), S9846 [2OC] (see H.R. 4073), H1089 [20MR]

———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1283 [11AP]

Weapons: authorize assistance through eligible nongovernmental organizations to remove and dispose of unexploded ordnance in agriculturally-valuable lands in developing countries (see H.R. 5497), H6776 [26SE]

Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 4114), H1153 [9AP]

World Intellectual Property Organization: contribute funding for projects intended to promote the integration of developing countries into the global intellectual property system (see H.R. 5689), H8022 [16OC]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy (see S. Res. 311), S7579 [30JY]

Cost Estimates

Increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073): CBO, S10651 [17OC]

Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act (S. 2667): CBO, S10650 [17OC]

Declarations

$10 Billion for AIDS Treatment—2 Million People Worldwide in Treatment by 2004: International AIDS Conference, H4526 [11JY]

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health: World Trade Organization, S4323 [14MY]

Letters

Extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests: Nicholas Lapham, Conservation International (organization), S6258 [27JN]

Mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission prevention funding: Senator Helms, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5152 [6JN]

Messages

U.S. Trade and Investment Policy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa and African Growth and Opportunity Act Implementation: President Bush, S4565 [20MY], H2634 [20MY]

Proclamations

World Population Awareness Week: Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, S9840 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa, H4925-H4927 [18JY], H5067, H5069 [22JY], H5225, H5226 [23JY], E1312 [22JY], E1393 [25JY], E2133 [22NO]

Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, H4531 [11JY]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, H5225 [23JY]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, E1332 [24JY]

Food: export of genetically engineered animals and crops to developing countries, H6072 [5SE]

Foreign aid: improve famine prevention programs, H2638 [20MY]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa, H3177 [5JN]

International AIDS Conference: tribute, H4526, H4527, H4533 [11JY], E1257 [15JY]

Pan American Health Organization: anniversary, E2009 [14NO]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (H.R. 4979), H3778 [21JN], E1113 [20JN]

Peace Corps Day: observance, E234 [28FE]

Small business: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073), H3079-H3084 [4JN], E966, E980 [6JN]

———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (H.R. 4209), E520 [12AP]

U.S. Trade Development Agency: tribute, E2046 [14NO]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy, H6064 [5SE], H6111-H6117 [9SE], E1528, E1531 [9SE]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: efforts to reduce hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (H. Con. Res. 102), S1712 [8MR]

———ensure food security, S8914 [19SE]

Agriculture: impact of declining world coffee prices on developing nations (S. Res. 368), S11792 [20NO]

Diseases: address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic, S7424 [26JY]

———address the international HIV/AIDS pandemic (S. 1936), S664 [12FE]

———AIDS epidemic, S1853 [13MR]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S2241-S2243 [21MR], S5147-S5162, S5195 [6JN], S11543-S11546 [19NO]

———expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (S. 2525), S4402-S4404 [15MY], S5779 [19JN]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, S2241-S2243 [21MR]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries (H.R. 2069), S6679 [11JY], S6700-S6702 [12JY], S11693 [20NO]

———improve access to HIV/AIDS-related treatments and services in the Caribbean nations, S3489 [29AP]

———international tuberculosis control (S. 2045), S2266-S2268 [21MR]

———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (S. 2649), S5779 [19JN], S5890 [21JN]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (S. 2210), S2966 [18AP]

EPA: implementation of Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, S2998 [22AP], S3146 [23AP]

Foreign aid: strengthen pathogen and infectious disease surveillance to help prevent biological weapons attacks and naturally occurring outbreaks (S. 2487), S4147-S4151 [9MY], S8022-S8025 [1AU]

Foreign policy: extend authority for debt reduction, debt-for-nature swaps, and debt buybacks to nonconcessional loans and credits made to developing countries with tropical forests (S. 2695), S6256 [27JN]

International AIDS Conference: tribute, S6815 [16JY]

Merck & Co., Inc.: anniversary of MECTIZAN Donation Program, S8558 [12SE]

Mozambique: tribute to successful efforts to establish, build, and maintain peace (S. Res. 358), S11222 [15NO]

Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 12), S11771, S11772 [20NO]

———promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (S. 2667), S5902 [21JN], S10594-S10598 [16OC], S10651, S10652 [17OC]

Poverty: increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty (S. Res. 182), S4978 [4JN]

Small business: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (H.R. 4073), S10962 [13NO]

———increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (S. 3032), S9850 [2OC], S11693 [20NO]

Somalia: U.S. policy, S10433 [15OC]

World Population Awareness Week: observance, S9840 [2OC]

World Summit on Sustainable Development: U.S. policy (S. Res. 311), S7586 [30JY]

World Trade Organization: support the Declaration on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and Public Health to ensure access to medicine by countries impacted by public health crises, S4319, S4322-S4324 [14MY], S4345 [15MY], S4487 [16MY]

Reports

Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, H5070-H5072 [22JY]

Reports filed

Assistance for the Poorest People in Developing Countries Under Microenterprise Assistance Programs: Committee on International Relations (House) (H.R. 4073) (H. Rept. 107-453), H2389 [10MY]

Global Pathogen Surveillance Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487), S4838 [23MY]

———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2487) (S. Rept. 107-210), S6808 [15JY]

Increase Assistance for the Poorest People in Developing Countries Under Microenterprise Assistance Programs: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (H.R. 4073), S10114 [8OC]

Increase Foreign Assistance To Combat Global Poverty: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 182), S4838 [23MY]

International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2649), S6361 [8JY]

Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2667), S10359 [10OC]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2525) (S. Rept. 107-206), S6361 [8JY]

Summaries

Global Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Awareness, Education, and Treatment Act (H.R. 2069), S6701 [12JY]

Tables

AIDS Program funding level, S5156 [6JN]

Texts of

H.R. 4073, increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs, S10962-S10964 [13NO], H3079 [4JN]

S. 12, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S11736-S11738, S11771 [20NO]

S. 2045, International Tuberculosis Control Act, S2266 [21MR]

S. 2487, Global Pathogen Surveillance Act, S4148-S4151 [9MY]

S. 2667, Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century Act, S5903-S5905 [21JN], S10595-S10598 [16OC]

S. 3032, increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs, S9851 [2OC]

S. Res. 182, increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty, S4979 [4JN]

S. Res. 311, U.S. policy on World Summit on Sustainable Development, S7585 [30JY]

S. Res. 358, tribute to successful efforts in Mozambique to establish, build, and maintain peace, S11215, S11222 [15NO]

S. Res. 368, impact of declining world coffee prices on developing nations, S11741, S11792 [20NO]