Other members of the committee said the civilian agencies of the United States government needed to accelerate their assistance for rebuilding Afghanistan.
There are Turkish misgivings about Kurdish rebels establishing bases in Syria; and Israeli anxieties about Assad's accelerating military assistance to Hezbollah forces.
The accelerated financial assistance would likely be on top of the $10 billion the Pentagon is now spending annually to maintain 9,000 United States troops in Afghanistan.
In addition, a number of technology-focused organizations (such as the SBTF 2016, OpenStreetMap 2008, GISCorps, CrowdFlower 2016d, Crisis Mappers 2016b, Crisis Commons 2016a, MapAction) have sprouted up that utilize big crisis data techniques for remotely accelerating humanitarian assistance through a hybrid of technology, collaboration, and volunteerism.
"So far we have been lucky to be strongly backed by our donors, however with the recent increase in malnutrition rates and the need for accelerated humanitarian assistance, more funds are required, for us to continue and expand our programmes effectively", said Christian Balslev-Olesen, UNICEF Representative to Somalia.
[PDF] UNICEF Darfur Emergency Monthly Report Review of the 120 Day Humanitarian Action Plan In May 2004, in order to accelerate and streamline assistance, the UN and NGO community developed the 90 Day and 120 Day Humanitarian Action Plans for Darfur.
In his statement, Mr. Clinton said, "I have instructed our military to provide needed assistance to accelerate the deployment of troops" to the region.
Mr. Khalilzad, who is awaiting Congressional hearings on his appointment to be ambassador to Afghanistan, is in Kabul for two weeks and is already pushing ahead with the administration's plan to increase assistance and accelerate reconstruction in Afghanistan.
Considering potential utilities of CRISPR in the vast area of biology and therapeutics, we foresee this platform as an assistance to accelerate research in the burgeoning field of genome engineering.
UNICEF continues to work with government and other partners to battle the disease and is accelerating both technical assistance and the provision of supplies to Luanda and provincial authorities.
The company attributes the timing, in part, to the current regulatory support and progression of global safety standards, which have helped encourage automakers to accelerate integration of intelligent driver assistance technologies.
