Appendix II 

Agency Specific Information

The State Department implemented or supported the following 11

programs:

Communications Link

With partial funding from 

DOD

, the program established the U.S. terminals

for communications links with Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

Foreign Diplomat Training

With funding from 

USAID

, State trained many of the new and inexperienced

diplomats from former Soviet states who had been brought on board to

staff newly created or significantly revamped foreign ministries.

Humanitarian Assistance

State transports private sector and U.S. government excess materials

(food, medicines, hospitals, and medical and farm equipment and

supplies) to the 

FSU

. Distribution is made directly to the needy by

nongovernmental organizations and local administrations. These figures

only include transportation costs incurred during fiscal year 1994 and the

first quarter of fiscal year 1995.

Miscellaneous State

This program represents small funding transfers from 

USAID

 to State to

Department Assistance

support the overall U.S. assistance effort.

Efforts

NIS Rule of Law

With funding from 

USAID

, this program promotes changes in the roles and

attitudes of players in the 

FSU

 legal system, thereby elevating the functions

and stature of judges and subordinating prosecutors' roles to legal

constraints and judicial power.

NIS Telecom Technical

With funding from 

USAID

, the program strives to enhance private sector

Assistance Program

development of telecommunications in the 

FSU

 by (1) funding multilateral

and bilateral telecommunication technical assistance programs and

(2) developing policy seminars and workshops on telecommunication

regulatory issues, policy matters, technical coordination, charging/tariff

policies, and competition/privatization of telecommunication.

Program for the Study of

The intent of the program is to redress the diminishing supply of experts

Eastern Europe and the

on this region by providing stable, long term financing on a national level

NIS (Title VIII)

for advanced research, graduate and language training; public

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