,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #aij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,inhofe 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,landrieu7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate that foreign assistance for 
child welfare should adhere to the goals
 of the ,united ,states ,government     
,action ,plan on ,children in           
,adversity4  ,whereas1 as of #bjac1     
there are at least #aec1jjj1jjj children
 in the world who have lost at least #a 
parent1 and of those children1          
approximately #ag1hjj1jjj have lost both
 parents2 ,whereas more than            
#djj1jjj1jjj children in developing     
countries are living in extreme poverty2
 ,whereas more than #aae1jjj1jjj        
children are engaged in hazardous work  
and more than #e1ejj1jjj children are in
 situations of forced labor2 ,whereas   
#cf percent of girls and #bi percent of 

boys around the world have been sexually
 abused2 ,whereas at least #b1jjj1jjj1  
and probably many more1 children are    
raised in institutional care2 ,whereas  
millions of children throughout the     
world live under conditions of serious  
deprivation or danger1 and children who 
experience violence or are exploited1   
abandoned1 abused1 or severely neglected
 also face significant threats to their 
survival and well-being1 as well as     
profound risks that have an impact on   
their human1 social1 and economic       
development2 ,whereas children in the   
most dire circumstances1 including      
children without protective family care1
 or who are living in abusive           
households1 on the streets1 or in       
institutions1 trafficked1 participating 
in armed groups1 or exploited for their 
labor1 face a multitude of risks posed  
by extreme poverty1 disease1 disability1
 conflict1 and disaster2 ,whereas family
 reunification1 kinship care1 and       
domestic and intercountry adoption      

promote permanency and stability to a   
far greater degree than long-term       
institutionalization2 ,whereas permanent
 family care1 transitioning children    
from institutions into protective family
 care1 and preventing violence within   
households and in schools are associated
 with reduced infant and child          
mortality1 decreased grade repetition1  
decreased future criminal activity1     
decreased drug use and abuse1 fewer teen
 pregnancies1 and higher economic       
earning potential2 ,whereas past efforts
 by the ,united ,states to assist       
vulnerable children in low- and         
middle-income countries have not always 
been coordinated among the ,federal     
agencies responsible for foreign        
assistance1 and that lack of            
coordination has sometimes resulted in a
 fragmented response2 ,whereas1 with the
 increasing number of children in need1 
limitations on ,federal funding1 and    
multiple ,federal agencies involved in  
efforts to assist children in need1 it  

is more important than ever to improve  
the coordination and coherence of those 
efforts in order to maximize the effect 
on children2 ,whereas the ,assistance   
for ,orphans and ,other ,vulnerable     
,children in ,developing ,countries ,act
 of #bjje 7,public ,law #aji-ie2 #aai   
,stat4 #baaa71 which passed the ,house  
of ,representatives by a vote of #dae to
 #i and passed the ,senate by unanimous 
consent1 called for a comprehensive1    
coordinated1 and effective response on  
the part of the ,government of the      
,united ,states to assist the most      
vulnerable children in the world2       
,whereas the ,special ,advisor for      
,assistance for ,orphans and ,vulnerable
 ,children appointed under section      
#ace7;e7 of the ,foreign ,assistance    
,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4            
#baeb;f7e771 in coordination with #g    
,federal agencies1 released the ,united 
,states ,government ,action ,plan on    
,children in ,adversity as the          
first-ever whole-of-government strategic

 guidance for foreign assistance for    
children provided by the ,united        
,states2 and ,whereas the ,united       
,states ,government ,action ,plan on    
,children in ,adversity seeks to ensure 
that all activities of the ,government  
of the ,united ,states are coordinated  
among appropriate ,federal agencies and 
integrated into relevant foreign policy 
initiatives of the ,united ,states1 with
 the goal of promoting permanent family 
care and integrating evidence-based     
practices that are in the best interest 
of children3 ,now1 therefore1 be it     
,that it is the sense of the ,senate    
that--  7#a7 a comprehensive action plan
 for addressing the needs of children   
living in adversity should be sanctioned
 by the highest level of the ,government
 of the ,united ,states2  7#b7 ,federal 
funding that currently goes toward      
projects and research benefitting       
children in low- and middle-income      
countries should be coordinated among   
the ,federal agencies that receive it   

with the goals of--  7,a7 promoting     
permanent family care for the most      
vulnerable children in the world2  7,b7 
reducing the number of children who     
experience violence1 exploitation1 or   
abuse2 and  7,c7 eliminating unnecessary
 duplication and contradictory          
approaches within the ,government of the
 ,united ,states2 and  7#c7 the ,united 
,states ,government ,action ,plan on    
,children in ,adversity has the         
potential to realize those goals and    
create a more effective and efficient   
response by the ,government of the      
,united ,states to assisting the most   
vulnerable children in the world4