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GAO-03-792R 1 (2003-05-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaamew0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 15, 2003 The Honorable Richard G. Lugar Chairman The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Ranking Minority Member Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Chairman The Honorable Tom Lantos Ranking Minority Member Committee on International Relations House of Representatives Subject: Rebuilding Iraq Rebuilding Iraq is a U.S. national security priority. As part of this effort, Congress appropriated $79 billon in emergency supplemental funds for fiscal year 2003 for military operations and Iraq's reconstruction, including humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, and economic and political reform. We have issued reports on similar programs to rebuild countries in the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, and other locations (see attachment III for a listing of previous GAO reports). Based on this work, we have developed short papers to help congressional decision-makers think about and prioritize the range of issues related to rebuilding Iraq. These papers cover the following topics. Food Aid and Humanitarian Relief The conflict in Iraq has compromised the country's food security and its medical and water systems. In response, the World Food Program has developed an emergency plan to meet the food needs of 27 million Iraqis, at a cost of $1.2 billion, from March 25 to September 25, 2003. Other donors, including the United States, are providing medicine and potable water to many locations. In addition, as many as 1 million Arabs may be displaced in Northern Iraq by Kurds, who are retaking the homes and villages they were expelled from over the last three decades. Potential issues are the total cost of food and humanitarian aid, coordination and effectiveness of humanitarian aid, the transition from emergency aid to sustainable living, and efforts to provide for the internally displaced. Peace Operations The peace operation in Iraq presents significant security and political challenges for the United States. Some tasks for the peacekeeping phase are providing security, GAO-03-792R Rebuilding Iraq

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