“The White House recommended that the US funding for almost two dozen programs that investigate martial crimes in different countries, including Myanmar, Syria and Ukraine. Source: “European Truth” with reference to Reuters Details: According to Reuters, the White House Administrative and Budget Department sent a letter to the State Department of Proposals to stop financing a number of programs on Wednesday.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to Reuters
Details: According to Reuters, the Administrative and Budget Department of the White House sent a letter to the State Department of Proposals to stop financing a number of programs on Wednesday.
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Three sources have told the agency that several programs that are planned to be discontinued are being implemented by projects for holding responsibility for war crimes in Ukraine.
This is in particular the Global Rights Compliance project, which helps to collect evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity throughout Ukraine, such as sexual violence and torture.
Another program is Legal Action Network, a group of legal aid that supports local efforts to hold Russian suspects in war crimes in Ukraine, Reuters sources reported.
It is unknown whether they will comply with the White House recommendation in the State Department, but it sets strict requirements for justification what exactly and why it is necessary to keep.
According to one source of Reuters, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio can advocate for important programs, such as assistance in prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine.
President Donald Trump’s administration frozen and then reduced billions of dollars of external assistance after starting work, saying that they did not meet the interests of the United States.
In March, the United States officially announced Eurasa about leaving an international group created to investigate the actions of the leadership of states responsible for a full -scale invasion of Ukraine.