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(a) United States development cooperation policy
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§ 2151. Congressional findings and declaration of
policy
(a) United States development cooperation pol-
icy
The Congress finds that fundamental political,
economic, and technological changes have re-
sulted in the interdependence of nations. The
Congress declares that the individual liberties,
economic prosperity, and security of the people
of the United States are best sustained and en-
hanced in a community of nations which respect
individual civil and economic rights and free-
doms and which work together to use wisely the
world’s limited resources in an open and equi-
table international economic system. Further-
more, the Congress reaffirms the traditional hu-
manitarian ideals of the American people and
renews its commitment to assist people in devel-
oping countries to eliminate hunger, poverty,
illness, and ignorance.
Therefore, the Congress declares that a prin-
cipal objective of the foreign policy of the
United States is the encouragement and sus-
tained support of the people of developing coun-
tries in their efforts to acquire the knowledge
and resources essential to development and to
build the economic, political, and social institu-
tions which will improve the quality of their
lives.
United States development cooperation policy
should emphasize five principal goals:
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§ 2151
(1) the alleviation of the worst physical
manifestations of poverty among the world’s
poor majority;
(2) the promotion of conditions enabling de-
veloping countries to achieve self-sustaining
economic growth with equitable distribution
of benefits;
(3) the encouragement of development proc-
esses in which individual civil and economic
rights are respected and enhanced;
(4) the integration of the developin