we coordinate the n.g.o. actors in the camp. ironically they're called actors whoever's acting in camp is an n.g.o.. so the coordination... we have about 15 primary n.g.o.s that work as partners with us there. some major, someomegrown a smaller, so well-financed, some not. so we coordinate those and we look for projects, we look for things to make life safer and better everyday for those people while they're in that circumstance but not to the point that you draw it into being the feeling of a permanent community which will never be established. >> rose: so it's medical, it's food, it's shelter. >> yeah. well, it depends. my organization also had has a class 3 hospital on site and we have a medical n.g.o. and we have several medical n.g.o.s that we work with. i am m.s.f., several veteran camps as well as we have oxfam, all playing different functions. the medical is coordinated very closely so as not to overlap and that's part of our job. so that's... that job. then... but then, for example, food. you had all these c-130s full of

smith: but i'd like-- but there's a risk here, because the n.g.o. movement tends to have - a certain belief that we can make the-- - atkins: guilty before proven. that's right. guilty before proven. and that's why transparency is so important. but it's important to realize you don't show run and opall your competitors and the outside world your decision process. you do that with sound advisors, with good fact-finding. but you don't transparently disgorge every decision you do. tapper: the decision has been made to go oject, and casablanca has decided that they're actually going to invest more money and make it so that the novastani workers, the subcontractors, are abiding not only by the strict regulations of the novastani government, but also a little bit more, a little bit more than is actually done. they've decided that-- i mean, does that sound like a reasonable - solution to this problem? - atkins: i think it's a very reasonable solution. ( all chattering ) especially if we can confirm for ourselves that we're not-- that in fact by doing this, w

and the n.g.o.'s that have collaborated with us. the covenant house, which has done a petition drive, and world vision and my distinguished friend from nevada, i thank her for her leadership as well. this is a bipartisan bill, and hopefully it will become law for one reason, to protect children. mr. speaker, our national and various state versions of megan's law has revolutionized how we deal with child predators. maureen wrote the protection of children in families through information. we all owe an enormous to maureen and richmond for taking a horrific tragedy to sexual abuse and murder of their 7-year-old daughter, megan, back in 1994, and turning it into the noble cause of protecting children throughout the united states. but now it's imperative that we take the lessons learned on how to protect our children from known child sex predators within our borders and expand those protections globally. child predators, mr. speaker, thrive on secrecy and lack of any meaningful accountability. the secrecy they thrive on allows them to com

in their annual freedom of the world report, the n.g.o. freedom house documented a litany of abuses perpetrated by the chinese government and then made the following observation. while these acts of repression are disturbing so is the absence of protests from the democratic world, when the soviet union arrested a dissident for suppressed religious expression, it drew widespread condemnation by figures raising from heads of state to trade union leaders, as well as by human rights organizations and prominent humanitarians. china's current actions, by contrast, elist little more than a boilerplate -- elicit little more than a boilerplate criticism and just as often provoke no response whatsoever. elsewhere in asia we see an administration seeming to align itself with the oppressors over though oppressed. look at vietnam. on july 19, a.f.b. reported that kurt campbell, assistant secretary of state for eers asia affairs b said, quote, as i look at all the friends in southeast asia, i think we have the greatest prospects in the future with vietna

humanitarian aid agencies in the united states and countries and n.g.o.'s around the world are providing much needed assistance to the relief and recovery efforts. the resolution before us recognizes the assistance efforts already under way and urges the secretary of state in coordination with the administrator of the united states agency for international development or usaid to continue to develop a strategic plan with the goal of mitigating the effects of the recent national natural disasters that have devastated these three countries. guatemala, honduras and el salvador face a major challenge as they recover and rebuild. they deserve our continued support. and for these reasons, mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this important resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentlewoman from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. i would like to yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. ros-leh

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