Sentences with phrase «united states assistance»

The Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Welfare Institute and Natural Resources Defense Council distributed a joint news release on Monday pressing Mexico, with United States assistance, to back the ban up with intensified enforcement efforts:

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At this writing, there are nearly 12, 000 economic development groups in the United States that charge nothing for their services and assistance.

He told U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler that he understood English and did not require the assistance of an interpreter, and that he had no family in the United States.

«I would appreciate more assistance from many countries including from the United States, although in terms of the ICRC and some other agencies, the United States is very much among the largest donors,» he said.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

While resources and financial assistance have been procured from numerous countries, including the United States and President Obama's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), there is significantly more that needs to be done to make treatment equally accessible to those in need.

It requires that «no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.»

Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs throughout the United States and its territories.

Indeed, one of the most shocking statistics about child care in the United States is this: Only 1 in 6 children eligible for child care assistance ever get it at all.

«Mark - Up of H.R. 3996, The Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 and H.R. 3997, The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Act of 2007,» Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, November 1, 2007; «Baucus, Grassley Tackle Alternative Minimum Tax Relief on First Day of 110th Congress,» Press Release, January 4, 2007; «Easing the Family Tax Burden,» Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, March 8, 2001; «Revenue Proposals and Tax Cuts in the President's Budget,» Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, February 28, 2001; «President's Tax Relief Proposals: Individual Income Tax Rates,» Hearing Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, February 13, 2001; Jerry Tempalski, «The Impact of the 2001 Tax Bill on the Individual AMT,» National Tax Association Proceedings: 94th Annual Conference on Taxation, November 10, 2001.

The United States should follow the lead of other industrialized countries and make child care assistance and other family - friendly policies the norm.

Submit a question to the SEC or call the SEC's toll - free investor assistance line at [phone] (dial 1-202-551-6551 if calling from outside of the United States).

In Delaware, you may also qualify for assistance from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development.

A new report released Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund shows that some banks in the United States and Europe may not be strong enough to survive another downturn, even with States assistance.

Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute has recounted her attempts to get the Bush administration to focus on the plight of Iraq's Christians, only to be told by Condoleezza Rice that assistance for Christians would make the United States appear sectarian.

The United States succeeded in cutting off multilateral aid, aggressively lobbied allies to reduce economic assistance, and slapped a trade embargo on Nicaragua.

For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support...

Although the United States had failed to isolate Nicaragua from Western assistance, the war and the credit crunch had both damaged Nicaragua's financial independence and converted the country into an important new client for socialist lenders.29

• The United States as part of its diplomatic war effort also worked to narrow Nicaragua's options in terms of aid, trade, and military assistance.

The «humanitarian loss is so tremendous,» Pelosi, a California Democrat, told reporters on Capitol Hill, saying the United States is helping with humanitarian and technical assistance, but it's a «huge order.

«Due to the nature of this case, it is critical that there is clarity between your departments regarding the status of the family and their previous requests for assistance from the United States,» the senators wrote on Wednesday.

and Guatemala (the real power brokers along with the U.S. embassy and economic elites) agreed to U.S. plans for elections in the 1980s after the United States assured them that, following the elections, their power would be enhanced through large increases in military assistance.

Furthermore, Americans who think they are the only ones who have given assistance or believe that the United States has given more than its fair share are mistaken.

And several thousand women receive assistance each year to seek abortions overseas in Great Britain, though the proportion of Irish women who receive abortions is dwarfed by the abortion rate in the United Kingdom and the Unites States.

A recent study by the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good finds that social and economic supports such as benefits for pregnant women and mothers and economic assistance to low - income families have contributed significantly to reducing the number of abortions in the United States over the past twenty years.

The Consortium for the Protection of Pecorino Romano, the Consortium for the Protection of Pecorino Sardo and the Consortium Fiore Sardo have joined to promote PDO production in Europe and the United States thanks to the system of assistance allocated by the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Regional Law no. 5/2015 art. 15).

I believe these headlines are referring to Trump's desire to eliminate the McGovern - Dole International Food for Education program, which provides school food assistance to impoverished children outside the United States.

By way of comparison, in 1960, welfare spending in the United States was $ 48.20 per capita with 1.7 % of the population receiving federal assistance.

If you need immediate assistance, call 877 - SSRNHelp (877 777 6435) in the United States, or [phone] outside of the United States, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM U.S. Eastern, Monday - Friday.

We champion programs and policies that strengthen food security across the United States and around the globe, including the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, Feed the Future, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and federal Child Nutrition Programs.

In the United States, some family child care providers work with companies such as Wonderschool, for assistance in licensing, operations, marketing, and administrative support.

Giving Diapers, Giving Hope and The Rebecca Foundation Cloth Diaper Closet offers assistance across the United States.

Although we know about the benefits of breastfeeding and that it helps lower healthcare costs in so many ways, encouraging and offering much needed assistance to new mothers who encounter problems is still not a priority in the United States.

School Resources and Engagement in Technical Assistance Programs Is Associated with Higher Prevalence of Salad Bars in Elementary School Lunches in the United States.

Many may be wondering if you can use food stamps to buy diapers, but unfortunately Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can only be used to buy food items, according to the United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services.

According to a 2014 Congressional Research Service report, «between 1995 and 2008, the United States provided North Korea with over $ 1.3 billion in assistance: slightly more than 50 percent for food aid and about 40 percent for energy assistance.»

All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action.

We are extremely grateful for your government's support in the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the North East of Nigeria, as well as humanitarian assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons, through agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development and other international partners.

Accordingly, the United States» NATO Allies stand ready to provide the assistance that may be required as a consequence of these acts of barbarism.

However, no additional energy assistance has been provided since 2009, when Pyongyang withdrew from the Six - Party Talks — involving North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and Russia — over North Korea's nuclear program.

If it were not for humanitarian assistance from the United States and Kurdish Peshmerga, many of these people would have died, either from exposure or dehydration if they stayed on the mountain, or at the hands of IS militants if they ventured down.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

The Department was awarded $ 290,000 in Child Protective Services («CPS») Enhancement Funds from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services and $ 41,609 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program («SNAP») Process and Technology Improvement Grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture («USDA»).

The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to seek foreign assistance from the United States, US, and other foreign countries in tackling the...

«The training, covering investigation, raid operations as well as prosecution, was conducted with the assistance of the United States government, European Union and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a statement urged the Republican - controlled state Senate on Monday to take up a state - level version of the Dream Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as children.

The charges contained in the indictment are the result of a six - month joint investigation by the OCTF, Albany Police Department and the New York State Police, with the assistance of the NY National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, the United States Marshals Service, Rensselaer County Task Force, City of Troy Police Department, and the Bennington Police Department (Vermont).

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.

President Donald Trump has pledged the assistance of the United States of America to the terrorism fight by Nigeria.