United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-07-31 monographic deposited born digital 42 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-850 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850 P0b002ee1803a00f9 f:d06850 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850 GAO-06-850 Counterterrorism Foreign governments Foreign military assistance Foreign policies Human rights violations Internal controls International relations Monitoring Policy evaluation Security policies Program goals or objectives Program implementation Security operations Algeria Morocco Tunisia Other Written Product A57840

Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia are important U.S. allies in the war on terrorism. The United States provides these countries with security assistance, however, Congress restricts funding when credible evidence exists that foreign security units have committed gross human rights violations. GAO (1) describes the goals of U.S. security assistance to these countries and examines U.S. agencies' assessment of this assistance, (2) assesses U.S. agencies' implementation in Morocco and Tunisia of State's policy to screen foreign security forces to ensure compliance with congressional human rights funding restrictions, and (3) examines agencies' efforts to monitor the use of U.S.-origin defense articles provided through U.S. security assistance programs in the three countries, including Western Sahara, to ensure that they are not misused or diverted. GAO visited U.S. posts in Morocco and Tunisia and analyzed trainee files to determine compliance with human rights vetting policy. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850.pdf GAO-06-850 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-850 Other Written Product GAO-06-850; Security Assistance: Lapses in Human Rights Screening in North African Countries Indicate Need for Further Oversight; Counterterrorism Foreign governments Foreign military assistance Foreign policies Human rights violations Internal controls International relations Monitoring Policy evaluation Security policies Program goals or objectives Program implementation Security operations Algeria Morocco Tunisia Title 22 Section 2751et seq. Title 22 Section 2753(c)(2) Title 22 Section 2753(c)(3)(A) Title 22 Section 2754 Title 22 Section 2785 22 U.S.C. 2751et seq. 22 U.S.C. 2753(c)(2) 22 U.S.C. 2753(c)(3)(A) 22 U.S.C. 2754 22 U.S.C. 2785 Public Law 104-164 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 105-118 Public Law 105-262 Public Law 105-277 Public Law 106-79 Public Law 106-113 Public Law 106-259 Public Law 106-429 Public Law 107-115 Public Law 107-117 Public Law 107-248 Public Law 108-7 Public Law 108-199 Public Law 108-287 Public Law 108-447 Public Law 109-102 Public Law 109-148