USAID's OIG was established on December 16, 1980, by statutory amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.(1) On December 29, 1981, the President signed the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981,(2) bringing the USAID Inspector General under the purview of the Inspector General Act of 1978.(3) OIG assumed audit and investigative oversight of USADF and IAF in 1999,(4) and MCC in 2004.(5)

The Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, authorizes the Inspector General to conduct and supervise audits

With the adoption of the Constitutive Act and the Vision of the African Union (AU), African leaders set the path towards Africa's integration and sustainable development. To achieve this Vision and the objectives set forth in the Act, several Organs were established and mandated to develop and implement priority strategies and programmes.

To this end, one such organ, the African Union Commission (AUC), developed its first Strategic Plan which covered the period 2004 - 2007. That Plan was both a major instrument and a roadmap

This report is primarily an account of the ICRC's work in the field and its activities to promote international humanitarian law. Mention is made of some of the negotiations entered into with a view to bringing protection and assistance to the victims of international and non-international armed confl icts and other situations of violence. Other negotiations are not mentioned, since the ICRC feels that any publicity would not be in the interests of the victims. Thus, this report cannot be regarded as covering all the institution's eff orts worldwide to come

This JHA Council meeting will bring together Member States at a critical stage in taking forward the Common European Asylum System, and against the backdrop of recent events in the Mediterranean which could threaten the international framework of refugee protection and gravely undermine respect for fundamental principles of human rights law. In its Memorandum ECRE urges Member States to take this timely opportunity to work towards fairer and more efficient asylum systems as well as to safeguard fundamental principles and freedoms that underpin the European Union.

Destabilizing and illicit flows of small arms and light weapons, cocaine, tobacco and valuable raw materials fuel the war economies that have devastated much of Africa in recent decades. This Policy Paper unequivocally establishes the role of air transport across the full spectrum of these commodity flows. It also demonstrates the extent to which air transport actors named in United Nations and other arms traffickingrelated reports have become enmeshed in humanitarian aid, peace support, stability operations and defence logistics supply chains.

This pioneering analysis provides a

This book is an attempt to tell the untold story of the millions of refugee girls whose voices are almost never heard. While much of the refugee experience for girls is difficult and depressing to read about, refugee girls are resilient and strong. Their lives are not easy, yet they strive to make the most of the opportunities they are offered.