Over 40 Alliance for Peacebuilding members and partners welcome S. 3368, the Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018, introduced by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Todd Young (R-IN), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the United States Senate on August 22nd.
This timely legislation comes at a moment when violent conflict has forcibly displaced a record 68.5 million people and costs the world an estimated $14.76 trillion annually. There is an urgent need to improve the U.S. government’s ability to reverse these trends and prevent future conflict.
The Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act would require the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of Defense, and other federal agencies, to develop a new strategy to reduce and prevent violent conflict. It would give the U.S. government the tools it needs for a long-term, coordinated approach to identify and mitigate the drivers of violence in order to prevent conflict.
S. 3368 follows H.R. 5273, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Adam Smith (D-WA), Bill Keating (D-MA), and Paul Cook (R-CA) on March 14, 2018.
The following list of leading international humanitarian, peacebuilding, development, and faith-based organizations endorse this legislation. We look forward to working with Congress and the Administration to pass this legislation to strengthen the U.S. government’s ability to prevent violent conflict around the world.
- Alliance for Peacebuilding
- American Friends Service Committee
- CARE
- Carl Wilkens Fellows
- Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)
- Center on Conscience & War
- Charity & Security Network
- Chemonics
- Church of the Brethren, Office of Public Witness
- Conference of Major Superiors of Men
- Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, US Provinces
- Cure Violence
- Educators’ Institute for Human Rights
- Foreign Policy 4 America
- Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
- Global Communities
- Global Water 2020
- Humanity United Action
- i-ACT
- In Defense of Christians
- Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy
- InterAction
- International Alert
- International Crisis Group (ICG)
- International Rescue Committee
- Jewish World Watch
- Karuna Center for Peacebuilding
- Mercy Corps
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- National Latino Evangelical Coalition
- Never Again Coalition
- Pax Christi International
- Pax Christi USA
- Peace Direct
- PRBB Foundation
- Saferworld
- Search for Common Ground
- STAND
- Stop Genocide Now
- World Relief
- World Vision
CONTACT
Laura Strawmyer | 317.340.1085 | laura@allianceforpeacebuilding.org
Richmond Blake | 202.999.8935 | rblake@mercycorps.org
