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Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations, Fiscal Year 2001 Released by the Office of the Secretary of State Resources, Plans and Policy U.S. Department of State, March 15, 2000

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MILITARY ASSISTANCE

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
($ in thousands)

Account	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
IMET	49,959	49,810	55,000

National Interests:

The International Military Education and Training (IMET) program is a low cost, effective component of U.S. security assistance that provides training on a grant basis to students from over 125 allied and friendly nations. IMET advances U.S. national interests through:

• furthering the strategic goal of regional stability through effective, mutually beneficial military-to-military relations which culminate in increased understanding and defense cooperation between the United States and foreign countries;

• providing training to augment the capabilities of the military forces of participant nations to support joint operations and interoperability with U.S. forces; and

• increasing the ability of foreign military and civilian personnel to instill and maintain basic democratic values and protect internationally-recognized human rights.

Training provided under the IMET program is professional and non-political, exposing foreign students to U.S. professional military organizations, procedures and the manner in which military organizations function under civilian control. IMET's mandatory English language proficiency requirement establishes an essential baseline of communication skills necessary for students to attend courses. It also facilitates the development of important professional and personal relationships that have permitted U.S. access and influence in a critical sector of society which often plays a pivotal role in supporting, or transitioning to, democratic governments.

A less formal, but significant, part of IMET is the Information Program that exposes students to the American way of life, including regard for democratic values, respect for an individual's civil and human rights, and belief in the rule of law. These are the key elements of the Expanded IMET (E-IMET) program, which fosters greater respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian control of the military. E-IMET also exposes students to military justice systems and procedures and promotes the development of strong civil-military relations by showing key military and civilian leaders how to overcome barriers that can exist between armed forces, civilian officials, and legislators. Finally, the IMET program introduces military and civilian participants to elements of American democracy: the U.S. judicial system, legislative oversight, free speech, equality issues, and U.S. commitment to the basic principles of internationally-recognized human rights.

Objectives and Justifications:

IMET objectives are achieved through a variety of military education and training activities conducted by the Department of Defense (DoD) for foreign military and civilian officials. These include formal instruction that involves over 2000 courses taught at approximately 150 military schools and installations for roughly 9,500 foreign students. Continuation at this level of instruction will ensure IMET is a useful tool in achieving U.S. international affairs objectives.

The IMET program assists in the professionalization of recipient countries' militaries through participation in U.S. military educational programs. U.S. friends and allies have long recognized such training as essential for the progression of their military leaders. IMET also contributes to strengthened regional friendships and enhanced self-defense capabilities. Finally, IMET and E-IMET effect institutional changes culminating in professional, apolitical militaries under civilian control.

The resulting military competence and self-sufficiency provide a wide range of benefits to the United States in terms of our national security interests and our regional stability goals. As foreign militaries expand their knowledge of U.S. military doctrine and operational procedures, military cooperation is strengthened. This cooperation leads to opportunities for military-to-military interaction, information sharing, joint planning, and combined force exercises that facilitate interoperability with U.S. forces. Access to foreign military bases and facilities, key requirements for U.S participation in regional stabilization activities is notably expanded.

The following examples underscore how the IMET program supports the regional stability and democracy goals:

• Increased evidence and demonstration of militaries promoting civilian control of the military, improved civil-military relations, and support for democratization;

• Continued opportunities for military-to-military interaction, information sharing, joint planning, combined forces exercises, and U.S. access to foreign military bases, facilities, and airspace;

• Promulgated military regulations that improve military justice systems and procedures in accordance with internationally-recognized human rights;

• Increased number of U.S.-trained foreign military and civilian personnel in military, defense ministry, and legislative leadership positions. Elevation of these students in positions of prominence within their government bureaucracy has a positive effect on support for U.S. policies; and

• Continued improvement of governments in utilizing their defense resources, particularly U.S.-origin equipment, with maximum effectiveness, thereby contributing to greater self-reliance and interoperability with U.S. forces.

The following table shows the FY 2001 IMET request. Further information on individual country programs may be found in the respective country narratives.

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING ($ in thousands)
Country/Program	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola	-	50	50
Benin	372	350	350
Botswana	562	450	500
Burkina Faso	-	-	70
Burundi	-	-	70
Cameroon	184	150	160
Cape Verde	70	100	100
Central African Republic	101	90	100
Chad	87	50	75
Comoros	14	-	-
Congo (Brazzaville)		-	75
Congo (Kinshasa)	-	40	75
Cote d'Ivoire	189	150	100
Djibouti	123	100	125
Eritrea	439	305	345
Ethiopia	516	385	400
Gabon	-	50	75
Ghana	391	400	425
Guinea	167	150	175
Guinea-Bissau	-	50	50
Kenya	462	400	425
Lesotho	74	75	85
Liberia	-	-	75
Madagascar	115	100	125
Malawi	343	335	350
Mali	374	280	300
Mauritania	-	-	75
Mauritius	95	50	60
Mozambique	184	180	200
Namibia	145	175	195
Niger	-	-	60
Nigeria	90	600	650
Rwanda	314	235	250
Sao Tome	86	75	85
Senegal	846	735	750
Seychelles	103	75	60
Sierra Leone	-	50	100
South Africa	1,022	800	825
Swaziland	91	75	85
Tanzania	181	150	175
Togo	-	-	50
Uganda	305	370	385
Zambia	150	150	160
Zimbabwe	299	300	325
Subtotal - Sub-Saharan Africa	8,494	8,080	9,170
East Asia and Pacific
Cambodia	-	-	100
Fiji	15	150	160
Indonesia	486	-	400
Laos	-	-	50
Malaysia	713	700	700
Mongolia	429	500	525
Papua New Guinea	156	175	180
Philippines	1,348	1,400	1,400
Samoa	105	100	120
Solomon Islands	157	150	150
Thailand	1,703	1,600	1,560
Tonga	99	100	100
Vanuatu	87	100	100
Vietnam	-	-	50
Subtotal - East Asia and Pacific	5,298	4,975	5,595
Europe
Albania	650	600	800
Bosnia & Herzegovina	632	600	800
Bulgaria	974	1,000	1,100
Croatia	435	500	525
Czech Republic	1,227	1,500	1,700
Estonia	675	700	800
Greece	25	25	25
Hungary	1,500	1,470	1,700
Latvia	729	700	750
Lithuania	727	700	750
Macedonia	448	500	550
Malta	109	100	100
Poland	1,600	1,600	1,700
Portugal	700	700	750
Romania	1,111	1,100	1,300
Slovakia	623	650	700
Slovenia	650	650	700
Turkey	1,514	1,500	1,600
Subtotal - Europe	14,329	14,595	16,350
Near East
Algeria	124	125	125
Bahrain	228	225	235
Egypt	1,040	1,000	1,100
Jordan	1,654	1,600	1,700
Lebanon	554	550	575
Morocco	927	900	955
Oman	233	225	250
Tunisia	937	900	955
Yemen	122	125	135
Subtotal - Near East	5,819	5,650	6,030
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
Georgia	394	400	475
Kazakhstan	383	550	600
Kyrgyzstan	383	350	400
Moldova	485	490	600
Russian Federation	228	800	800
Turkmenistan	261	300	325
Ukraine	1,304	1,300	1,500
Uzbekistan	526	500	550
Subtotal - Independent States of the Former Soviet Union	3,964	4,690	5,250
South Asia
Bangladesh	394	450	460
India	241	450	475
Maldives	94	100	110
Nepal	189	175	200
Sri Lanka	230	225	245
Subtotal - South Asia	1,148	1,400	1,490
Western Hemisphere
Argentina	613	700	750
Bahamas	127	100	115
Belize	175	250	275
Bolivia	533	550	600
Brazil	206	225	250
Chile	478	450	500
Colombia	917	900	1,040
Costa Rica	240	200	200
Dominican Republic	493	450	450
Eastern Caribbean	444	500	560
Ecuador	569	500	550
El Salvador	491	500	525
Guatemala	253	225	250
Guyana	216	175	195
Haiti	160	275	300
Honduras	560	500	525
Jamaica	472	450	500
Mexico	918	1,000	1,000
Nicaragua	200	200	220
PACAMS	215	-	-
Panama	87	100	110
Paraguay	215	200	200
Peru	478	450	475
Suriname	100	100	100
Trinidad & Tobago	148	125	125
Uruguay	364	300	300
Venezuela	400	400	400
Subtotal - Western Hemisphere Affairs	10,072	9,825	10,515
Non-Regional
General Costs	735	595	600
Carryforward	100	-	-
Subtotal	49,959	49,810	55,000
Rescission	41	190	-
Total	50,000	50,000	55,000

 

SUMMARY OF STUDENTS TRAINED UNDER IMET
Country	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Proposed
Africa:
Angola	0	2	2
Benin	80	75	75
Botswana	56	45	50
Cameroon	38	31	33
Cape Verde	2	3	3
Central African Republic	2	2	2
Chad	53	30	46
Comoros	1	0	0
Congo (DROC)	0	2	3
Cote d'Ivoire	56	40	40
Djibouti	6	4	5
Eritrea	10	7	8
Ethiopia	7	5	5
Gabon	0	2	3
Ghana	29	30	32
Guinea	8	7	8
Guinea-Bissau	0	2	2
Kenya	132	114	121
Lesotho	77	78	88
Madagascar	83	72	90
Malawi	105	103	107
Mali	59	44	47
Mauritius	4	2	3
Mozambique	59	58	64
Namibia	8	10	11
Nigeria	7	12	15
Rwanda	52	39	41
Sao Tome & Principe	2	2	2
Senegal	171	149	152
Seychelles	28	20	16
South Africa	551	431	445
Swaziland	6	5	6
Tanzania	8	7	8
Uganda	20	24	25
Zambia	51	51	54
Zimbabwe	38	38	41
Regional Total	1,760	1,516	1,644
Western Hemisphere:
Antigua-Barbuda*	16	19	24
Argentina	197	225	241
Bahamas, The	17	13	15
Barbados*	6	9	10
Bolivia	76	78	86
Belize	33	47	52
Brazil	30	33	36
Chile	174	164	182
Colombia	611	600	693
Costa Rica	53	44	44
Dominica*	6	7	8
Dominican Republic	47	43	43
Ecuador	162	142	157
El Salvador	181	184	194
Grenada*	6	6	7
Guatemala	103	92	102
Guyana	20	16	18
Haiti	2	3	4
Honduras	221	197	207
Jamaica	57	54	60
Mexico	194	211	211
Nicaragua	55	55	61
Panama	2	4	4
Paraguay	57	53	53
Peru	44	71	75
St. Kitts & Nevis*	26	29	31
St. Lucia*	6	6	7
St. Vincent & Grenadines*	8	10	11
Suriname	86	86	86
Trinidad & Tobago	15	13	13
Uruguay	78	64	64
Venezuela	182	182	182
Regional Total	2,767	2,755	2,971
East Asia & Pacific:
Fiji	1	6	6
Indonesia	79	0	65
Malaysia	152	149	149
Mongolia	99	115	121
Papua New Guinea	86	96	99
Philippines	214	222	222
Solomon Islands	29	28	28
Thailand	181	170	166
Tonga	28	28	28
Vanuatu	39	45	45
Western Samoa	22	21	25
Regional Total	930	881	963
Europe:
Albania	126	116	155
Belarus	0	0	0
Bosnia Federation	106	101	134
Bulgaria	118	121	121
Croatia	165	190	199
Czech Republic	178	218	247
Estonia	48	50	57
Georgia	57	58	69
Greece	2	2	2
Hungary	197	193	223
Kazakhstan	11	16	17
Kyrgyzstan	13	12	14
Latvia	74	71	76
Lithuania	65	63	67
Macedonia	71	79	87
Malta	8	7	7
Moldova	46	46	57
Poland	248	248	264
Portugal	126	126	135
Romania	281	278	329
Russia	11	39	39
Slovakia	105	110	118
Slovenia	75	75	81
Turkey	180	178	190
Turkmenistan	6	7	7
Ukraine	347	346	399
Uzbekistan	14	13	15
Regional Total	2,678	2,762	3,109
Near East & South Asia:
Algeria	12	12	12
Bahrain	34	34	35
Bangladesh	78	89	91
Egypt	82	79	87
India	6	11	12
Jordan	196	190	201
Lebanon	163	162	169
Maldives	6	6	7
Morocco	50	49	52
Nepal	13	12	14
Oman	40	39	43
Pakistan	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	9	9	10
Tunisia	118	113	120
Yemen	5	5	6
Regional Total	812	809	858
Worldwide Total	8,947	8,723	9,545

* These countries comprise the Eastern Caribbean. See Eastern Caribbean narrative for a discussion of specific country programs.

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING
($ in thousands)

Account	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
FMF	3,400,150	4,788,994	3,538,200

National Interests:

Foreign Military Financing (FMF) is a critical foreign policy tool for assuring our national security by advancing regional stability around the world. We advance regional stability by ensuring that coalition partners are equipped and trained in order to achieve common security goals and participate in joint missions to contain and defuse political/military crises. Funds provided through this program enable key allies and friends to improve their defense capabilities by financing acquisition of U.S. military articles, services, and training. As FMF assists countries in providing for legitimate defense needs, it also promotes U.S. national security interests by helping to stabilize regions of conflict, strengthen military support for democratically-elected governments, contain weapons of mass destruction, and thereby reduce the likelihood of war. The FMF program results in strengthened coalitions, improved bilateral military relationships, and more capable friends and allies that are increasingly interoperable with U.S. forces.

FMF is related to, but distinguished from, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), the system which manages government-to-government military equipment sales. Many governments do provide their own financing to acquire items and services through the FMS system. However, FMF provides grant financing for acquisition of U.S. military articles, services, and training through the FMS system. By encouraging demand for U.S. systems FMF also contributes to a strong U.S. defense industrial base -- a critical element of the national defense strategy.

Objectives and Justifications:

• To assist allies and friends in financing procurement of U.S. defense articles and services which will strengthen their self-defense capabilities and meet their legitimate security needs;

• To promote defense cooperation and strengthen bilateral ties to the United States;

• To improve key capabilities, e.g., military readiness, transport, communications, of recipients to contribute to international crisis response operations, including peacekeeping; humanitarian response, and disaster relief;

• To promote rationalization, standardization, and interoperability of the military forces of foreign countries with U.S. Armed Forces;

• To promote the effectiveness and professionalism of military forces, and their role in supporting democratic societies.

The vast majority of FMF goes to the Middle East (Israel, Egypt and Jordan) to promote regional peace and security by helping to meet the legitimate security needs of parties engaged in the peace process. This assistance supports the long-standing U.S. policy goal of seeking a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace between Israel and its neighbors, including the Palestinians. Additionally, FY 2001 FMF grant programs will:

• assist Mongolia in procuring U.S. communication equipment to support its border monitoring mission. The $2 million for the Philippines will contribute to sustainment of U.S.-origin equipment, including F-5 aircraft, vehicles, and maritime equipment;

• continue to assist the newest NATO members (Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland) modernize and meet NATO standards for interoperability and help eligible countries obtain training and equipment in support of participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP);

• assist the Baltic countries in defense modernization efforts and support their peacekeeping capabilities;

• contribute to regional stability in Southeast Europe by promoting military reform;

• assist the Nigerian military with defense reforms to support democracy building efforts;

• help the Caribbean island nations the develop the capabilities to sustain U.S. equipment, maintain small professional forces essential to regional peace and security, and provide support in areas such as disaster relief and anti-narcotics trafficking;

• assist our Asian partners in strengthening basic force capabilities and increasing interoperability with U.S. forces, through, for example, modernization of Philippine aircraft;

• help bring stability and peace to troubled nations in Africa by supporting efforts to set up and train units for peacekeeping and humanitarian response missions, by helping sustain bilateral and multilateral peacekeeping operations in several countries, and by assisting efforts to revamp military forces in ways that will instill and sustain the principles of democracy;

• provide training and equipment to increase the number of peacekeeping units worldwide, thereby reducing the reliance on U.S. forces.

The following table depicts the FMF request for FY 2001. Further details about the proposed programs can be found in the relevant country narratives.

FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING
($ in thousands)

Country/Program	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
Sub-Saharan Africa
African Crisis Response Initiative	5,000	-	-
East Africa Regional	2,900	2,034	-
Africa Regional Stability	-	-	18,000
Nigeria	-	10,000	-
Subtotal - Africa	7,900	12,034	18,000
East Asia and Pacific
Mongolia	-	-	2,000
Philippines	1,000	1,000	2,000
Subtotal - East Asia and Pacific	1,000	1,000	4,000
Europe
Bosnia	4,000	-	3,000
Malta	300	-	-
Czech Republic	7,100	6,000	9,000
Hungary	7,100	6,000	9,000
Poland	6,600	8,000	12,300
Partnership for Peace	44,900	33,400	62,000
Albania	4,000	1,600	4,500
Bulgaria	8,500	4,800	8,500
Estonia	4,700	4,000	6,350
Latvia	4,700	4,000	5,350
Lithuania	4,700	4,400	6,500
Macedonia	6,000	4,000	7,900
Romania	6,500	6,000	11,000
Slovakia	3,200	2,600	8,400
Slovenia	2,600	2,000	3,500
Subtotal - Europe	70,000	53,400	95,300
Near East
Egypt	1,300,000	1,300,000	1,300,000
- Supplemental	-	25,000	-
Israel	1,860,000	1,920,000	1,980,000
- Wye Supplemental	-	1,200,000	-
Jordan	45,000	74,715	75,000
- Wye Supplemental	50,000	150,000	-
Morocco	4,000	1,500	2,500
Tunisia	2,000	3,000	2,500
Subtotal - Near East	3,261,000	4,674,215	3,360,000
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
Partnership for Peace	18,900	12,350	16,900
Georgia	7,950	3,000	4,500
Kazakhstan	1,800	1,500	1,900
Kyrgyzstan	1,550	1,000	1,600
Moldova	1,250	1,250	1,500
Russia	-	500	1,000
Turkmenistan	600	600	700
Ukraine	4,100	3,000	4,000
Uzbekistan	1,650	1,500	1,700
Subtotal - Independent States of the Former Soviet Union	18,900	12,350	16,900
Western Hemisphere
Argentina	850	-	1,000
Panama	590	-	-
Caribbean Regional	1,700	1,700	2,450
Bahamas	130	100	140
Belize	100	100	200
Dominican Republic	370	400	650
Guyana	100	100	125
Haiti	300	300	450
Jamaica	475	475	585
Trinidad & Tobago	225	225	300
Eastern Caribbean	1,300	1,300	1,550
Subtotal - Western Hemisphere	4,440	3,000	5,000
Global/Other
Enhanced Int'l Peacekeeping Initiative	7,000	2,500	6,000
FMF Administrative Costs (DSCA)	29,910	30,495	33,000
Subtotal - Other	36,910	32,995	39,000
Subtotal	3,400,150	4,788,994	3,538,200
Rescission	--	6,006	--
Total	3,400,150	4,795,000	3,538,200

DEFENSE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS PROGRAM SUMMARY
($ in thousand)

Account	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
FMF	29,910	30,495	33,000

The requested funding provides for the cost of administrative activities related to non-FMS security assistance programs implemented by the Unified Commands, Military Departments and Defense Security Assistance Agency (DSCA).

Objectives and Justification:

The proposed program level represents the projected costs required to prudently, and effectively, accomplish the managerial and administrative actions necessary to manage and implement the non-FMS segments of security assistance programs, as authorized under the AECA and the FAA. These functions include staffing headquarters, personnel management, budgeting and accounting, office services and facilities and support for non-FMS functions of the overseas Security Assistance Organizations (SAOs).

The Defense Administrative Costs account implements such non-FMS activities as: administration of the IMET program; management of drawdowns of military equipment and services; grant transfers of excess defense articles and naval vessels; fulfilling responsibility for monitoring military items previously transferred under the former Military Assistance Program (MAP); reviewing FMF-financed Direct Commercial Contracts (DCC); and management of the FMF program. The initiation and expansion of security assistance relationships with many new democracies around the world, but principally in Central Europe, the New Independent States, and South Africa, require the establishment of SAOs in an increasing number of locations.

The FY 2001 request for Defense Administrative costs will fund the establishment and/or the continuing operating costs of new SAOs and is essential to the effective management of security assistance programs with these new defense partners. The sustained increases in IMET funding levels from the FY 1995 level of $26 million has also increased administrative workload and funding requirements. Departmental and headquarters management and oversight for FMF programs, not connected to FMS, have grown significantly. The amount requested is the minimum essential funding to do the job.

FMF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
($ in thousands)

	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
Departmental & Headquarters Administrative Expenses	7,210	7,505	9,495
SAO Administrative Expenses /1	22,700	22,990	23,505
Total Budget Authority	29,910	30,495	33,000

/1 Excludes those Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and overseas security assistance organization (SAO) costs related to FMS which are financed from sales under sections 21, 22,and 29 of the Arms Export Control Act. See Overseas Military Program Management table for further details on SAO costs.

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
($ in thousands)

Account	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
PKO	76,500	152,418	134,000

National Interests:

Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) funds support U.S. national interests in promoting human rights, democracy, and regional security, and facilitating humanitarian response. The PKO account promotes increased involvement of regional organizations in conflict resolution, multilateral peace operations, and sanctions enforcement. The United States has a strong interest in enhancing the ability of other nations to lead or participate in voluntary peacekeeping and humanitarian operations through these organizations in order to reduce the burden on the United States. PKO funds also help leverage fair-share contributions to joint efforts where no formal cost sharing mechanism is available.

Objectives and Justifications:

Peacekeeping is often necessary to separate adversaries, maintain peace, facilitate delivery of humanitarian relief, allow repatriation of refugees and displaced persons, demobilize combatants, and create conditions under which political reconciliation may occur and democratic elections may be held. Such peacekeeping operations can reduce the likelihood of hostile interventions by other powers, prevent the proliferation of small conflicts, facilitate the establishment and growth of new market economies, contain the cost of humanitarian emergencies, and limit refugee flows.

PKO account objectives include: promoting peace and security by supporting multilateral peacekeeping initiatives; encouraging greater participation of foreign forces in international peacekeeping activities; and leveraging fair-share contributions to peacekeeping efforts from those countries with greater potential to pay, while facilitating increased participation of poorer countries when resource constraints would otherwise prevent it.

Programs for FY 2001 include:

• Support for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to carry out conflict prevention and crisis management missions in Bosnia, Kosovo and selected Central European countries and the New Independent States, as well as to institute a rapid reaction capacity to deploy teams to address crises throughout the OSCE region;

• Support for a growing number of peacekeeping initiatives in Africa. These include the Joint Military Commission, which is working with the United Nations to implement the cease fire agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which is working to promote peace in Angola, southern Sudan and the unstable Great Lakes region; and the evolving Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) as a regional peacekeeping headquarters. PKO funds would primarily provide transportation, communications, and basic non-lethal infantry equipment for peacekeeping units that provide the stability necessary for social, economic and democratic institutions to take hold;

• Support for the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI), which continues to facilitate the participation of select African countries in peacekeeping and conflict resolution operations throughout Africa by training and equipping them to help respond quickly to regional and international humanitarian crises;

• Support for ongoing bilateral and/or multilateral peacekeeping and capacity-building efforts in East Timor, such as continued U.S. civilian police participation in the UN Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) mission, and assistance in local police force and criminal justice system development;

• Continued support for the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai, which monitors the common border areas between Israel and Egypt in support of ongoing progress in the Middle East peace process;

• Support for the voluntarily funded International Civilian Mission for Support in Haiti (MICAH), which provides technical assistance in the areas of professionalization of the Haitian National Police, administration of justice and human rights; and

• Continued U.S. participation in the Israel-Lebanon Monitor Group with France, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel to promote stability in the volatile southern Lebanon region. Efforts of this multilateral monitoring group have resulted in limiting civilian casualties and provide an important confidence building forum for all parties.

The following table outlines the PKO request for FY 2001. Further details may be found in the Country Program narratives of those nations that participate in these regional and multilateral operations.

PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
($ in thousands)

Country/Program	FY 1999 Actual	FY 2000 Estimate	FY 2001 Request
Africa Regional	9,157	13,000	15,000
African Crisis Response Initiative	12,500	20,000	20,000
Haiti	2,000	6,750	4,000
Israel-Lebanon Monitor Group	996