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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 001. list re: Catholic Relief Services [partial] (1 page) 01/24/1996 b(6) 002. fax Cliff Hahn to Nicole Rabner re: SSNs and DOBs [partial] (1 page) 01/23/1996 b(6) 003. fax Neal Keny-Guyer to Matthew Lorin re: Bosnia Conference Attendees 01/19/1996 b(6) [partial] (1 page) 004. list re: Members of the Save the Children Delegation [partial] (1 page) 01/16/1996 b(6) 005. list re: World Vision Guest List [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) 006. fax Bob DeVecchi to Matt Lorin re: IRC Representatives [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) 007. fax Sasa Mirkovic to Matthew Lorin re: Briefing papers [partial] (1 page) 01/10/1996 b(6) 008. fax Arthur B. Keys, Jr. to Matthew Lorin re: SSNs and DOBs [partial] (1 01/10/1996 b(6) page) 009. list re: Interaction Participants [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) 010. list re: Invitees for January 29th Meeting with Hillary Clinton [partial] (1 01/10/1996 b(6) page) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. Files of Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady Box 7: File Folders Archived from OEOB 100 by Tania Shapiro-Barr on Dec. 22, 2000 Bosnia Bratislava Brazelton Foundation Britain Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer David Brock Budget '99 Budget Deal Budget Federal Budget Roundtable Tax Credit Budget Reform Finance Center on Budget & Policy Priorities 20023 Bulgaria ENCLOSURES FILED OVERSIZE ATTACHMENTS Burma NARA 17227 Business Enterprise Trust Cairo Conference - Vital Voices Doug Cal Campaign Finance Reform Campaign for Human Development - Early Childhood Development THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 24, 1996 Mr. John M. Doe Address Line 1 Address Line 2 City, State 20001-Zip Dear John: The United States continues to work for peace in Bosnia -- to bring an end to all hostilities and to promote reconciliation and reconstruction. In addition to the government's efforts to bring about the peace agreement and deploy peacekeeping troops, thousands of our nation's citizens through non-governmental organizations have been engaged in humanitarian efforts to help the people of Bosnia. I would like to invite you to join me at the White House on January 29, 1996 for a coffee reception and program. The event will recognize ongoing humanitarian assistance to the people of Bosnia and will include the announcement of a new mental health care initiative. The new project is a joint effort by religious institutions and is targeted to assist Bosnian women and children. This and related initiatives will be the subjects of our program on the 29th. Please respond to the Office of the Social Secretary at your earliest convenience by calling 202/456-7787 with your date of birth and social security number. Plan to arrive between 9:00 and 9:15 am at the East Visitors Gate of the White House, located on East Executive Drive, between the East Wing of the White House and the Department of the Treasury. Photo identification will be required at the gate. I look forward to seeing you on the 29th. Sincerely yours, Rodham Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton FROM : PHONE NO. : P01 Croatian American Hrvatsko Američki Congress Kongres 4760 W. Wickford Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302 USA Telephone/Fax: 8106447234 FACSIMILE COVER SHEET TO: MS. NICOLE RABNER Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff FROM: CROATIAN AMERICAN CONGRESS Lidija Dorkin Grahovac, President DATE: JANUARY 22, 1996 # of PAGES: 4 MESSAGE: This is a follow-up letter to my brief meeting with Mrs. Clinton and Ms. Kelly Craighead on January 16th in Dearborn. Michigan. Thank you in advance for assisting me in this matter. For any further information please do not hesitate to contact me at (810) 644 - 7234. andye D Cpehour R Scott Paul- Boniors ofc. L-225-2106 * Levins ofc Croatian American Hrvatsko Američki Congress Kongres 4760 W. Wickford Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302 USA Telephone/Fax: 810.644.7234 Hrvetska Kaloticks Zejednics P. O. Boz 602 First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton One East Old Ridge Rd. Hobert. IN 46342 Old Executive Office Building Tel. (219) 942-1191 Room 100, Washington D.C., 20500 Fax (219) 942- 8808 VIA FACSIMILE Hrvatska Cleveland January 21, 1996 34543 the Lane East Lake. OH 44094 Dear Mrs. Clinton, Tel. (216) 946-1290 Fax (216) 505 3430 Hrvatska Sredisnyica On behalf of the Croatian American Congress as well as Chicago myself allow me to express my appreciation and gratitude 1246 Prospect Heights IL 60070 for your kind words and your encouragement. I was honored Tel. (708) 352-3354 to be part of the "Friends for Senator Levin" fund raiser in Fax (706) 352-3364 Dearborn, where I had the opportunity to talk to you. The Hrvalska Gradiangica Croatian American Congress has been working closely with Detroit 4760 W. Wickford Senator Levin and we have been offering him our support. Bloomfield Hdls The book which I presented to you is the result of the deep MI 48302 Tel. (610) 644-7Z34 tragedy of the families of 2,500 captured and missing Fax (810) 644-7234 Croatian civilians since the Serbian destruction of Vukovar in 1991. Hrvatska Sredianjica New York You were kind enough to accept this testimony and I 8 Wessets PI. Greenwich PI, CT 06830 greatly appreciate your encouragement to contact your office Tel. (914) 531-5199 through Kelly and provide you with more details about the Fax (914) 937-7594 Croatian American Congress and about the plight of the Croation "Crest Club" "Mothers of Vukovar." 3600 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL 61265 The Croatian American Congress has been involved in Tel. (309) 762-8679 humanitarian efforts since the beginning of the war in the Fax (309) 792-5613 former Yugoslavia. trying to ease the pain and anguish of "Lone Star Croatian Club the people of Croatia and Bosnia & Hercegovina. Therefore, 2706 Quanty Houston, TX 77006 we responded to the appeal of the mothers and children of Ted. (713) 667-5141 Vukovar to help their effort to finally learn the destinies Fax (713) 794 5369 of their loved ones. Hrvatska Zajadnica I apologize for not having the English version of the Los Angeles 1241 MI. Runia Rd. book ready at hand. However, I will be more than happy to Rancho Palos Verdas provide you with the English version that is on its way. CA 90275 Tel. (310) 519-1416 Mr. Peter Galbraighth, the Ambassador of the United States Fax (310) 831-4160 to Croatia, demonstrated great sympathy and support to these Hovetake Zajadnica families. Last summer, in an effort to appeal to the San Francisco international community. mothers of Vukovar organized a 1649 Greenmich St. San Francisco, CA 94123 hunger strike and collected 668,290 signatures petitioning Tel. (415) 922-8100 the world leaders to acknowledge their suffering and take Fax (415) 921-061 action in protecting human rights. Ambassador Galbraighth's Hovatska Zajadrica reaction to the mothers' appeal gave hope that the United Sacramento 3410 Beniomond States will offer its assistance and help end the suffering Secremento, CA 95821 of Vukovar's mothers and children. Tel. (910) 071-1077 Croatian American Hrvatsko Američki Kongres Congress FROM : PHONE NO. : P01 Eroatian American Hrvatsko Američki Congress Kongres 4760 W. Wickford Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302 USA Telephone/Fax: 810 644 7234 Hrvatska Kasolicks zyodnes P.O. Box 602 One East Old Ridge Rd. You, Mrs. Clinton, are taking resolute. brave and noble HODAN. IN 46342 steps to ease the pain of human suffering. For that we Tel (219) 942-1191 Fax (219) 942-8808 thank you, and on behalf of these mothers we plead with you to bring forth the urgent need LU resolve this tragic Hrvatsks Sredisnjica Clevelland situation. 34543 ins Lane We applaud your initiative to undertake a project to East Lake. OH 44094 Tel. (218) 945-1290 help the suffering children of Croatia and Bosnia & Fax (216) 586-3430 Hercegovina. The Croatian American Congress would be Hrvatska Sredianjica honored to be part of your effort and to offer our support Chicago and assistance in any way possible. 1248 Prospact Heights IL 60070 Now we would like to introduce the Croatian Tol. (708) 352 3351 Fax (708) 352-3364 American Congress to you. The Croatian American Congress is a part of the Croatian World Congress; a nonpartisan and Hrvatska Sredisnica Detroit voluntary organization which was established as an umbrella 4760 W. Wickford body of Croatian organizations, with its headquarters in Bloomfield Hills New York. MI 48302 id. (810) 644-7234 The Croatian American Congress acts as a coordinating Fax (810) 644-7234 body of various Croatian American organizations, in order to Hrvatska Sectionjica more effectively help Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina in New York 0 Wessets Pt. humanitarian and cultural aspect. Greenmen PL, CT 08830 The Croatian American Congress, through affiliated Tel. (014) 531-5199 Fax (914) 937-7594 organizations in its chapters, has coordinated activities such as: rehabilitation of wounded victims of the war in Creation "Crest Club- 3600 N. Shore Dr. cooperation with I.O.M., sponsorships of orphans of war and Moine, IL 61265 help existing institutions and programs for care of the Tel. (309) 762-8679 Fax (309) 792-5613 children, sending medicine and humanitarian supplies to the wal devastated regions through Caritas, just to name a few. Lone Star Crastian Club 2708 Quenty (Many of these activities were joint ventures of Croatian Houston, TX 77005 and Bosnian communities). This was accomplished through Tel. (713) 687-5141 Fax (713) 794 5369 various fund raisers benefit concerts, symposiums and through ongoing donations. (Documentation available) Hrvatska Zajadnica Loe Angeles We have been working on similar projects since the beginning 1241 Mr. Ranier Rd. of the war in the former Yugoslavia. and we also supported Rancho Palos Verdes the creation of the Federation of Croats and Bosnian CA 90275 Tel. (310) 519-1416 Muslims. We were honored and proud to be present at the Fax (310) 831-4180 signing of the Washington agreement in the White House. Hrvatska Zajadnica San Francisco 1649 Greenwich 3L San Francisco, CA 94123 Tel. (415) 022-8100 Fax (415) 921-0611 Hrvatska Zapanses Sacramento 3410 Beniomond Secramento CA 95821 Tel. (916) 071-1077 Fax (918) 971-0633 4760 W. Wickford Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302 USA Telephone/Fax: 810-644-7234 Hrvelaka Katolicha Zajednica P. O. Box 602 One East Old Ridge Rd You, Mrs. Clinton, are taking resolute. brave and noble MODAN, IN 46342 steps to ease the pain of human suffering. For that we Tel. (219) 942-1191 Fax (219) 942- 6808 thank you, and on behalf of these mothers we plead with you to bring forth the urgent need to resolve this tragic Hrvatska Sredisnjica Cleveland situation. 34543 Irm Lane East Lake, OH 44094 We applaud your initiative to undertake a project to Tel. (216) 946-1290 help the suffering children of Croatia and Bosnia & Fax (216) SAS 300 Hercegovina. The Croatian American Congress would be Hrvatska Sredisnjica honored to be part of your effort and to offer our support Chicago and assistance in any way possible. 1246 Prosped Heights IL 60070 Now we would like to introduce the Croatian Tel. (706) 352-3354 American Congress to you. The Croatian American Congress is Fax (708) 352-3364 a part of the Croatian World Congress; a nonpartisan and Hrvatska Sredisijica Detroil voluntary organization which was established as an umbrella 4760 W, Wickford body of Croatian organizations, with its headquarters in Bloomfield Hills New York. MI 48302 Tel. (810) 644-7234 The Croatian American Congress acts as a coordinating Fax (810) 644-7Z34 body of various Croatian American organizations, in order to Hrvaiska Sredisnjica more effectively help Croatia and Bosnia and Hercegovina in New York humanitarian and cultural aspect. 8 Wessels Pt. Greenwich PI., CT 06830 The Croatian American Congress, through affiliated Tel. (914) 531-5199 organizations in its chapters, has coordinated activities Fax (914) 937-7594 such as: rehabilitation of wounded victims of the war in Crostian "Crest Club" cooperation with I.O.M. sponsorships of orphans of war and 3600 N. Shore Dr. Matine, IL 61265 help existing institutions and programs for care of the Tel. (309) 762-5679 children, sending medicine and humanitarian supplies to the Fax (309) 792-5613 HRVATERI SVJETEKI KOMORES BEGATIAN WORLD congress Croatian American Hrvatsko Američki Congress Kongres 4760 W. Wickford Bloomfield Hills Michigan 48302 USA Telephone/Fax: 8106447234 Hrvelable Kaloucks Zeyodrics P.O. Box 602 Furthermore, we support President Clinton's initiative One Each on Ridge Rd to bring desperately needed peace to the region. President HODAR, IN 46342 Clinton's actions only reaffirm his commitment to the issue Tel. (219) 942-1191 Fax (219) 8808 proclaimeđ when I was fortunate and privileged to ask him a Hrvatska Sredisnjica question at the town hall meeting in Detroit on February 10, Cleveland 1993. On several occasions we communicated with the 34643 ITMS Lane Administration at meetings with the Director of the National East Lahe, OH 44094 Tot. (218) 246-1230 Security Council, MB. Janine Walker, and with Mr. Alexander Fax (210) 503-3430 Vershbow in the State Departement. Together with the Hrvatska Sredienjica Croatian American Association we participated in various Chicago events in the capital, as are the annual "Croation Days on 1240 Prospect Heights IL 60070 the Hill." Tal. (70H) 352-3354 Fax (708) 352-3364 The Croatian American Congress would like to work in concert with your efforts and continue to rally up the Hrvateks Bredienjics Detroit support for the humanitarian projects to help Croatia and 4760 W, Wickford Bosnia and Hercegovina Bloomfield HIRS Thank you again for encouraging me to contact you on MI 48302 Tol. (810) 644-7234 behalf of the Croatian American Congress. I hope that you Fax (810) 644-7234 will include the Croatian American Congress as a viable Hevaleke Brodienjica resource for your new project New York o WESSETE PI. Greenwich FL., CT 06030 Sincerely, Tex. (914) 531-5199 Fox (914) 937-7594 Crostian "Crest CWD" alabye Borkin Under 3600 N. Share Dr. Maline. IL 61265 Lidite Dorkin Grahovac. President You (200) 782-8670 4760 W. Wickford, Bloomfield Hills Fax (300) 702-6613 Michigan 48302 Lone GLM^ Croation Club phone/fax (810)644 7234 2708 Quanty Houston. TX 77005 Tel. (713) 667-5141 Fax (713) 7945369 Hrvatska ZAJEdnica LAS Angalas 1241 MI. Ranier Rd. Ranono Palos Verdas CA 90275 Tel. (310) 519-1416 Fax (310) 631-4100 Hrvetska Zaladnica San Francisco 1649 Grandmich SL San Francaca, CA 94123 Tel. (415) 022-8100 Fax (415) 021-0611 Hevetska works Бастаталео 3410 Bankmond Sacramento, CA 95421 Tel. (916) 071-1077 Fax (915) 971-0633 HRVATOKI OVJETOKI KONGRES SECATION WOULD CONGRESS InterAction. American Council for Voluntary International Action The nation's leading advocate for humanitarian aid to the world's poorer countries InterAction is a coalition of over 150 US-based non-profits working to promote human dignity and development in 165 countries around the world. In the US, we call these groups "private and voluntary organizations," or PVOs. InterAction's diverse membership is active in programs to ease human suffering and to strengthen people's abilities to help themselves. InterAction coordinates and promotes these activities and helps to ensure that goals are met in an ethical and cost-efficient manner. Disaster Relief- InterAction members are often the first to respond to a crisis, whether the cause is natural or man-made. They deliver critically needed food and medical supplies; they ássist and protect refugees fleeing persecution; and they work to prevent future disasters. InterAction members have responded to humanitarian emergencies in many countries, including Rwanda, Haiti and the former Yugoslavia. Closer to home, they have assisted disaster victims following floods in California and the midwestern United States, and the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles. Sustainable Development - InterAction members promote solutions to the inter- linked problems of poverty, environmental degradation and population growth. With particular attention to empowering women, our members work hand-in-hand with people in the developing world to improve nutrition, health, education and income levels, while protecting the planet's fragile ecosystems. Another key focus of InterAction is to support grassroots organizations in emerging democracies as they influence political change and build vibrant "civil societies" in their own countries. Ethical Standards - InterAction has rigorous ethical standards for itself and its member agencies. The standards are designed to ensure professional competence, quality of service and accountability to donors. Public Policy - InterAction members are working to reform foreign assistance so that US programs reach those most in need, and do so in a manner that empowers the poor and discourages future dependence. They are also engaged in efforts to make United Nations and World Bank programs more effective and relevant to the post-Cold War world. Need More Information? InterAction staff can provide up-to-the-minute information on humanitarian conditions in a given country, tell you which member agencies are working there and what programs they sponsor. Every day, our members are on the front lines of dramatic human struggles all over the world. We can give you access to their first-hand points of view. Call or write to us: InterAction 1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20036 phone: (202) 667-8227; fax: (202) 667-8236; e-mail [email protected] World Wide Web homepage: http://www.interaction.org/ia/ CARE (For a complete membership list, Photos courtesy of CARE and World Relief Corportation see reverse side) Background BIOGRAPHY JULIA VADALA TAFT. PRESIDENT AND CEO OF INTERACTION Julia Vadala Taft, President and CEO of InterAction, the American Council for Voluntary International Action. Mrs. Taft has served as: Director of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in AID; Director of Refugee Programs and Acting US Refugee Coordinator at the Department of State; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. In addition, she has been a consultant on refugee/migration affairs and humanitarian aid to: the Ford Foundation; the World Bank; and various US agencies, both private and governmental. Mrs. Taft has received the world Hunger Award; the AID Distinguished Service Award, One of the Top Ten Men and Woman in Federal Service; the USSR Supreme Soviet Award for Personal Courage in Armenia; and a White House Fellowship. Currently Mrs. Taft has memberships in: National Endowment for Democracy, Board Member; Council on Foreign Affairs, member; Council on Excellence in Government, member; UN InterAgency Standing Committee on Humanitarian Affairs, member; USAID, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, Board Member. Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 001. list re: Catholic Relief Services [partial] (1 page) 01/24/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. , DOMESTIC OUTREACH Fax 234-2983 Jan 24 '96 12:12 P. 02/02 CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES White House invitation list for January 29, 1996 1) Annemarie Sweeney Catholic Relief Services 209 W. Fayette Street Baltimore, MD 21201-3443 SS# [001] date of birth (b)(6) fax (410) 234-2983 2) Ms. Eifiona L. Main 1841 Kirby Road McLean, VA 22101-5325 SS# date of birth (b)(6) fax (202) 383-6610 - please fax to the attention of Mr. Charles J. Engel 3) Mrs. Patricia E. Abell 8101 Connecticut Ave, Apt. #C700 Chevy Chase, MD 20815 SS# (b)(6) date of birth fax (301) 654-1557 4) Francis J. Butler 1350 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 303 Washington, DC 20036 SS# (b)(6) date of birth fax (202) 296-9295 5) Helene O'Neil Cobb Hogan & Hartson 555 13th Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 SS# date of birth (b)(6) fax (202) 364-0220 01/17/96 WED 14:33 FAI 1212 6811842 U.S. COMM. FOR UNICEF 0 002 US COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF US Contact: Former Yugoslavia Contact: Ingrid Acevedo Brigitte Duchesne Tel: 212-922-2565 Tel: 011-385-1-233-2610 or 233-6222 Fax: 212-779-1679 E-mail: [email protected] Zagreb, Croatia 333 East 38th Street New York, NY 10016 UNICEF is responding to the survival needs of children and women in the former Yugoslavia through primary health care, immunization, nutrition, water and hygiene programs. It is also providing basic education for children and young women. In Bosnia, UNICEF is helping feed particularly vulnerable populations, immunize children and ensure clean water and adequate sanitation. The agency is also helping train professionals in the treatment of traumatized children. In Croatia, UNICEF is focusing its assistance on the cities of Dubrovnik, Osijek and Vinkovici, where it is providing health supplies and equipment. supplementary food, infant and hygiene parcels, and basic education supplies. It is also providing vitamin supplements to prevent micro-nutrient deficiencies, carrying out vaccination programs, and promoting breastfeeding; providing materials to help five hospitals become "baby-friendly." The agency is also developing plans to offer landmine awareness training. In the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, UNICEF is making available acute respiratory infection kits, hospital kits and oral rehydration salts; training health workers to respond to respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases; and supporting immunization. breastfeeding and other childhood health care. UNICEF is also providing training for 600 psychologists, 120 school administrators and 50 pediatricians to identify and treat stress and trauma among children in primary schools. UNICEF is also conducting an immunization campaign and maternal and child health programs in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. 01/17/96 WED 14:34 FAX 1212 6811842 U.S. COMM. FOR UNICEF 0 003 BY CHILDREN FOR EVERYBODY 30 Cooper Square 4th Floor New York, NY 10003 For immediate release: November 20, 1995 212/505-7777 Fax 212/505-7885 Children's Voices From the Frontline Richard H. Amberg. Jr. Children's Express and UNICEF team up President/Publisher The Montgomery Advertiser on mission to former Yugoslavia Louis D. Boccard President Three young reporters from Children's Express News Service will set out The Associated Press on 8 10-day mission to Bosnia and Croatia on Wednesday, November 22. Ellzabeth E. Chilton The Charleston Gazene Elizabeth Crow The mission is being organized in cooperation with the United Nations Editor-in-Chief Mademoiselle Magazine Children's Fund (UNICEF) which is running emergency programs to assist Kay Fanning children on all sides of the conflict in the republics of former Yugoslavia. Fred Friendly Lawrence Grossman "The purpose of the trip is to throw a new perspective on the 4-year-old Sharon King Hoge war," explains CE teen editor Megan Burke, 15. "Children have suffered the most in this conflict. More than 16,000 children have been killed and Beverly Kees many more have lost their homes and have been emotionally traumatized James C. Kennedy Chairman/CEO by the war. But how often do we hear directly from the children Cox Enterprises. Inc. themselves about their experiences?" Lowis Lapham Editor Harper's Magazine The Children's Express team will visit the divided city of Mostar in Bosnia John Lavine Director/Professor and Herzegovina. Here they will team up with local child journalists and Newspaper Management Center visit schools, hospitals and psychosocial treatment centers. From Mostar, Northwestern University they will travel to the Croatian coastal town of Dubrovnik where they will David Lawrence, 38. Publisher/Chairman report on landmine awareness programs and on the environmental damage The Miami Herald caused by the war. Richard Magar William Mebane President "We want to hear it from the children themselves and to bring back their Multimedia Newspaper Company message lo others here in the USA" says CE reporter Sasha Whyte, 14. Burl Osbome Publisher/Editor The Dallas Morning News "We will be talking to kids who have gone through something much worse Vincent Reed than we as Americans can imagine. We may be able to capture the stories Vice President Communications The Washington Post of these children in a way that adults just can't," comments 13-year-old Gene Roberts CE reporter Dan Rosenheck. Managing Editor The New York Times The mission coincides with the launch of the UNICEF State of the World's David Schnelderman President Children Report on Monday, December 11th. The 1996 report focuses on The Village Voice the situation of children in war. Otto Suha President Silha Associates Continued. Rosalind G. Stark Executive Vice President Youth Marketing:International 01/17/96 WED 14:34 FAX 1212 6811842 U.S. COMM. FOR UNICEF 004 NOTE TO EDITORS: Children's Express News Service Children's Express (CE) is the award winning news service reported by young people 8-18 which has reported on issues important to kids and adults for twenty years. CE has been nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize and the televised "CE News Magazine," broadcast on PBS, garnered both Emmy and Perbody awards. Having appeared in newspapers such as The New York Times, The New York Daily News, The Houston Chronicle, and The Washington Post. CE weekly columns currently are carried by publications across the U.S. and around the world. Over two decades, Children's Express has established an international track record, gathering the voices of young people from acΓo3B the globe. CE kids have interviewed children from South Africa, Cambodia, New Guinea, Haiti, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Russia and Bosnia. Travel for special reporting projects includes trips to Cambodia, Hiroshima, Israel, Zambia, Chernobyl, Kuwait, England and China. UNICEF - The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF is the only United Nations organization dedicated exclusively to children. UNICEF works with other UN agencies and with government and non-governmental organizations to provide community-based services in primary health care, nutrition, basic education and safe water and sanitation in over 140 developing countries, as well as responding to the needs of children in emergency situations throughout the world. The Children's Express News Team Megan Burke is a 15 year old editor from the CE New York Bureau. She has been a member of Children's Express for five years, covering such topics as crack-addicted babies, pediatric AIDS, and Third World child laborers. Megan covered the 1992 Democratic National Convention for Children's Express and was a panelist for the 1993 CE "National Hearings on Violcnce in the Child's Life." In addition, she has interviewed New York State Governor George Pataki, Senator Tom Harkin and author Amy Tan. Dan Rosenheck is a 13 year old reporter from CE New York. Dan has been involved with CE for the past 3 years, covering such issues as drug education, child abusc, the death penalty for juveniles and the impact of welfare reform on familics. He has interviewed young Bosnian author Zlata Filipovic about life in Sarajevo, Clinton "Drug Czar" Lee Brown and FDA Commissioner David Kessler. Sasha Whyle is a 14 year old reporter with CE New York. She has interviewed former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, current Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and New York Governor George Pataki. She has also done stories on hospital emergency rooms, SEX education and endangered species. In 1993 Sasha participated in the Children's Express "National Hearings on Violence in the Child's Life." This past summer, Sasha participated in a CE book project on diversity in America, interviewing children from a wide range of ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Wright, UNICEF Tel: 212-326-7566 Cliff Hahn or Winifred Guillaume, Children's Express NY Bureau Tel: 212-505-7777 Lee Wood, Children's Express National Headquarters Tel: 202-737-7377 01/17/96 WED 14:35 FAX 1212 6811842 U.S. COMM. FOR UNICEF 005 CHEER UP AMERICA! Newsweek January 8, 1996 $2.95 It's Not As Bad As You Think EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT BY ROBERT J. SAMUELSON 02 0 706288"9 01/17/96 WED 14:35 FAI 1212 6811842 U.S. COMM. FOR UNICEF 006 MY TURN I prepared for my rip like a journalist: studying maps. reading articles and writ- ing many questions. But when we got there WE WILL BE most of my questions were useless. They were too broad and had to do more with what we would see, rather than what we did see in the former Yugoslavia THE WORLD As we were driving toward Mostar. I fell asleep with the Adriatic coast outside my window. I woke up an hour later to see buildings covered with bullet holes and soldiers walking through the streets. I couldn't tell the difference between the When I visited Bosnia, I thought the kids boles from shells and grenades until a UNICEF worker explained that a shell would be different from ours, but they're not mark is like a spiral and a grenade mark is just a hole. To me, everything just looked like Swiss BY SASHA WHYTE cheese And I always smelled something burning. It was really the smell of burning OSTAR IN BOSNIA MEANS OLD BRIDGE IT IS garbage, but it had symbolic meaning It M also a small city in southern Bosnia. famous for was like being in the aftermath of some its Turkish bridges buile from the 1400s. These thing really big, and you just wanted to bridges were a symbol for the city and gave it its keep asking everybody what happened. name and tradition. A Little more than a month Electricity and water have been re ago, I was in Mostar on one of the old bridges stored in Mostar, which is DOW divided with Alem Prguda a kid from the eastern side of the city. His eyes into Crost and Muslim sections like fixed on the green river below. Alem recited his story as if he had Berlin after World War П. Kids on both told il many times before. He was 12 when his Mostar home was sides go to school, watch TV. eat dinner shelled by the Croats. His youngest brother went to go look at a and try to lead regular lives. But many bird flying outside his window. He got hit by a grenade and died. of these kids have lost brothers, sisters That was the saddest day of Alem's life. and their entire families. How can their lives ever be normal? I met Alem 00 a 10-day. UNICEF-sponsored crip through the In Mostar West. the Croarian side. I interviewed a kid named former Yugoslavia I lived at his house for two days and at another Goran Bevanda. who told me that things would be better only Mostar Camily's home for two more. Alem's mother asked me about when the next generation came along "We are the destroyed my mother. how many children she had I told ber I was an only generation DOW," he said. A lot of the adults we interviewed kept child She asked me if my mother smoked cigarettes. which I telling us that the children were not bitter and that they were the thought was strange. I told her my mother didn't smoke. She key to peace in the Mostar of the future. I saw another side-that nodded and told me she never smoked until her son was killed. the children were not ready to forgive and forget. Then she took out pictures of her two young sons before the war. I sat in on a Bosnian chemistry class. The teacher talked on the Alem's father made a dismissive motion with bis hands and told subject while the kids appeared bored and saldrawing pictures. ber to stop. Alem looked really solemn. as if he wanted to leave the Everybody smoked in the school halls. You figure that students room. But his mother insisted on showing me the pictures. She really had the need to smoke and the teachers understand why. wanted me to see the son she lost in the war. I also had a group of little followers, kids who would hover over A lew days later a French UNICEF worker told me that when a me and stare at me because I was black It made me feel like I was mother loses her child. part of ber dies and sbe can never recover. walking through one of those weird dreams where yougo to school Only then did it hit me that a part of Alem's mother had died along naked and everybody's pointing If you and laughing. It was strange with her son. She had the look that I was to see many times in being stared at so much Mostar. a look so far off and distant. you wondered if the person A lot of younger kids were born during the war. They have no was still alive It made me wonder if people can survive without a thought of what their lives would be like without war. so they're soul It also made me angry that nothing was accomplished by the conditioned by it. If you were to slam a door they would jump a war and that nothing has ever been accomplished by war. mile. They hear firecrackers at night and wonder who it is this time As an American. aside from Sally Struthers and her tearful A lot of the boys are into furecrackers. A few kids tried to sell me appeals to help kids, suffering was a remote concept to me I chose to firecrackers because they wanted to see my reaction. I was alway. ignore the various conflicts around the globe. figuring they had DO surprised. Some of them had lost their homes. Some had lost fam importance to my life as a New York City high-school sophomore. ily and they still wanted to play war. But I guess in that way they When I heard I was going to Bosnia with Children's Express were like normal boys. News Service, the afterschool journalism program I work for, the Before going to Bosnia I thought the kids would be different thought of what a wartorn country would be like didn't really from American kids. But the scary thing is. they weren't. It show: occur to me. It was my beginning assignment 25 a foreign come that war can happen anywhere and touch anybody. Everyone spondent and I was excited about going to Europe for the first time. always says the point of remembering the Holocaust is to make Even the people I told downplayed the seriousness of it all. Some sure it won't happen again, but after talking to kids in the former teachers and adults patted me on the back and told me how this trip Kugoslavia, I learned how easily it can happen again would help my college essay. My friends cracked jokes about Cruatia Airlines and told me I would finally meet people thinner WHYTE, 15, attends The High School for Lendership and Public than myself Service in Manhattan Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 002. fax Cliff Hahn to Nicole Rabner re: SSNs and DOBs [partial] (1 page) 01/23/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information |(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. Poge 1 JAN 23 '96 06:17 PM CHILDREN'S EXPRESS BY CHILDREN FOR EVERYBODY 30 Cooper Square 4th Floor New York, NY 10003 212/505-7777 Fax 212/505-7885 January 23, 1996 Ms. Nicole Rabner Media Advisory Board Office of the First Lady Fax: 202-456-6244 Richard H. Amberg. Jr. President/Publisher The Montgomery Advertiser Dear Ms. Rabner, Louis D. Boccard President The Associated Press Thanks again for the wonderful opportunity to attend the morning reception with the First Lady next Monday, Elizabeth E. Chilton The Charleston Gazette January 29th at 9:00 a.m. Elizabeth Crow Editor-in-Chlef The names, DOB and SS# that you requested: Mademoiselle Magazine Kay Fanning Megan Burke Fred Friendly Dan Rosenheck (b)(6) [002] Lawrence Grossman Sasha Whyte Cliff Hahn Sharon King Hoge Beverly Kees If you need any further info, please let me know. James C. Kennedy Thanks again! Chairman/CEO Cox Enterprises, Inc. Lewis Lapham Editor Harper's Magazine Cliff Hahn Best Children Regards John Lavine New York Bureau Director Director/Professor Newspaper Management Center Children's Express News Service Northwestem University David Lawrence, Jr. Publisher/Chalman P.S. Although we understand that there won't be time for The Miami Herald public comments, Megan asked me to fax along the short Richard Magat piece she'd written for the occasion. William Mebane President Multimedia Newspaper Company Burl Osborne Publisher/Editor The Dallas Morning News Vincent Reed Vice President, Communications The Washington Post Gene Roberts Managing Editor The New York Times David Schneiderman President The Village Voice Otto Bilha President Silha Associates Rosalind G. Stark Executive Vice President Youth Marketing International JAN 23 '96 06:18 PM Page 2 My name is Megan Burke. I am a sophomore at La Guardia High School in New York City. I am also a journalist. A month and a half ago I traveled to Bosnia and Croatia with the journalism program I work for, Children's Express. Our trip was sponsored by UNICEF. Before I left, everyone said I was crazy for traveling to this place they'd only heard about in the media. People told me stories they'd read in The New York Times or seen on the six o'clock news; stories about people dying, bombed buildings or ethnic cleansing. Nobody talked about the children. That would be our job. Our first stop was the Bosnian city of Mostar. The city of ancient bridges and cobblestone roads has been divided since the war began. Six of the seven original bridges are now gone and the cobblestone roads are deserted. You can still hear gunshots off in the hills. The Croats live on the West side of Mostar and the Muslims on the more heavily-bombed East. We stayed in the East. When I walked up to the house I was going to be living in for the next six days, half of it was missing. It frightened me to think that a family could actually be living there. Then I met thirteen-year-old Amra, nineteen-year-old Vanja and their parents. Amra and Vanja looked like normal teenagers. Their room had posters of European rock stars. They read Teen magazine in Croatian. We talked about music, movies and school. I felt like I was talking to my friends at home, which scared me because I thought these could be my friends. That war can happen to teenagers anywhere. JAN 23 '96 06:18 PM Page 3 Amra finally told me about her house. She was angry because her grandfather and father had built it and now it was destroyed. But she didn't really want to talk about the war. She wanted to get on with her life. Others were more open. Thirteen-year-old Alem told us the story of his brother. He had been looking out a window at a bird when a grenade hit and killed him. He told us he would never forget that the Serbs killed his brother. That he would never be friends with a Serb again. Since I've been back people have asked me what is Bosnia like? What were the people like? What was the war about? I don't have the answer to these questions. What I tell them is You have to look into the eyes of Alem and hear him talk about his brother. You have feel the pain that comes from leaving new friends in a place where you're not sure that they'll be safe. You have to look up in the mountains and see the thousands of tombstones and realize that with each one of those tombstones was a mother or a father or a baby or a grandmother. You have to read the postcards that your friends hand you as you're leaving with only one message written on them: "Don't forget us." 01/19/96 14:23 7039039544 BWA WOMEN DEPT. NSC DEMOCRACY 0001 hold till facsimile later today TRANSMITTAL to: Matthew Lorin - National Security Council fax #: 1 222 456 9240 re: First Lady's Bosnia Initiative date: January 19, 1996 pages: 2, including cover sheet. Dear Matthew Thank you for your invitation to participate in this event. A one page update on our work is attached. I confirm that the two persons participating from the Baptist World Alliance will be: Mr Paul Montacute-Director Baptist World Aid Ms Lee Hickman - Assistant to the Director of Baptist World Aid. I look forward to receiving further details, Kind regards PM From the desk of. Paul Montacute Director 3 kids Baptist World Aid 6733 Curran Street McLean, Va 22101-6005 I 703 790 8980 Fax: I 703 893 5160 Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 003. fax Neal Keny-Guyer to Matthew Lorin re: Bosnia Conference Attendees 01/19/1996 b(6) [partial] (1 page) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. 01/19/1996 12:32 503-241-2850 MERCY CORPS EXEC PAGE 01 MERCY CORPS Ortan INTERNATIONAL Oregon FAX TRANSMISSION SHEET 503/242-1032 TO: Matthew Lorin FAX: 202 456 9240 National Security Council FR: Neal Keny-Guyer FAX: 503 241 2850 RE: Bosnia Conference Attendees PAGES: 1 ON: January 19, 1996 As mentioned in my previous fax, Mercy Corps' President and Co-Founder, Dan O'Neill, and Washington Representative, Malcolm Butler, will be attending the Bosnia meeting with Mrs. Clinton on our behalf on January 29th. Their information for security clearance is listed below. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving additional information about the meeting. Thanks again for your assistance. Dan W. O'Neill President and Co-Founder birthdav: (b)(6) [003] Mercy Corp In SS#: (b)(6) Malcolm Butler - Washington Representative birthday: (b)(6) ss#: (b)(6) 241-2850 ) THU 11:42 EXEC OFF FAX NO. 12139541973 P. 02/02 CARE 151 Elis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303-2439 Tel 40s 681-2552 Fox ,104 577 5977 BY FAX DATE: January 18, 1996 FIFTY TO: Manhew Lorin. NSC CARE 202-456-9240 FROM: Caroline Whiting (in in YEARS Executive Assistant to Peter D. Bell RE: INVITEES TO WHITE HOUSE EVENT January 29, 1996 In response to your request for the names of three persons from our organization to be invited to the event hosted by Mrs. Clinton on January 29 honoring NGOs working in Bosnia, they are: 1. Peter D. Bell, President and CEO CARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta, GA 30303 2. Tom Alcedo, Director Emergency Assistance Unit CARE same as above 3. Ms. Marianne Leach Assistant Director Office of Public Policy and Government Relations CARE 1625 K Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 The briefing paper on our activities in the region will be faxed to you on Monday, January 22. AMERICAN RED CROSS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ASIA/PACIFIC & EUROPE UNIT Telephone: 202-728-6641 Telefax: 202-728-6404 Total Number of Pages: 02 To: Kimberly Marteau, White House Linison U.S. Information Agency Fax: 202-619-6988 From: Timothy McCully, Associate for Asia/Pacific and Europe E-mail: Internet: [email protected]=cross.org Date: January 16, 1996 Subject: ARC Invitees for January 29th Dear Kimberly, With apolgies for the delay, I am forwarding on a list of representatives ARC would like to see invited to the January 29th meeting with Mrs. Clinton. They are as follows: Mr. Jose A. Aponte* Vice President, International Services Mr. Gerald R. Jones Director, International Relief and Development Mr. Timothy M. McCully Associate for Asia/Pacific and Europe Mr. Daniel D. Valle Program Manager, Former Yugoslavia . Mr. Aponte will be official Head of Delegation and his bio is attached. His travel schedule may not allow him to attend, however and he may ask Mr. Jones to attend in his absense. A brief (two-page) description of the ARC operations will be sent to your attention later this week, and will include points on: 1) ARC relief and development operations; 2) ARC emergency services to US armed forces in the region; and 3) Red Cross family messages and tracing services. Please do not hesitate to call me with any questions. in the meantime, thank you for including the Red Cross in this important meeting. 2 PAGE NOSIAIT HISN:01 12:81 96, 9I/IO OLE ON 3714 Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 004. list re: Members of the Save the Children Delegation [partial] (1 page) 01/16/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. 01/16/96 TUE 16:00 FAX 002 All Hrs to: Save the Children 54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880 Members of the Save the Children Delegation Chief of Delegation: in 800-544-1470 1 Charles F. MacCormack, President DOB: (b)(6) [004 I SS#: (Resume Attached) Other Delegates: 2 Najeeb E. Halaby, Chairman of the Board of Trustees DOB: SS#: (b)(6) Frank Catania, Deputy Director, Program Design and Evaluation, 3 CADER (Commodity Assisted Disaster and Emergency Response) Unit DOB: SS# (b)(6) 4 Beth Verhey, Consultant, Children and War Program DOB: SS#: (b)(6) Jan-12-96 17:13 CWSW Europe Office 212 870-2922 P.01 Post-it™ brand fax transmittal memo 7671 # of pages . 2 To Mat Linin From Paul Wilson Co. White House Co. NCCC USA National Council of Churche Dept. N.S.C. Phone 212-876-2667 Fax 202-456-9240 Fax # 212-870-2922 CHURCH WORLD SERVICE AND WITNESS 475 Riverside Drive, Room 626 New York, NY 10115 Tel: (212) 870-2667 FAX: (212) 870-2922 Internet: [email protected] MEMORANDUM TO: Mat Lorin White House, Fax: 202-456-9240 FROM: Paul F. Wilson Paul I Wilson DATE: January 12, 1996 RE: Church World Service Delegation members for January 29 These are the names of the delegates to be invited to the January 29 meeting with Mrs Hillary Clinton from Church World Service and Witness of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA: The Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell, head of delegation General Secretary, National Council of Churches 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115-0050 The Rev. R. Lawrence Turnipseed Deputy General Secretary for Church World Service 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115-0050 The Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky Chancery of the Orthodox Church of America Route 25-A, Box 675 Syosset, NY 11791 Bishop Melvin G. Talbert, President, National Council of Churches P.O. Box 980250 West Sacramento, CA 95798-0250 Biographical material on the head of the delegation: The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell is a minister in both the If there are STATE Headquarters: IOCC 711 W. 40th Street Suite 306 IOCC Baltimore, MD 21211 duplications, pls use (410) 243-9820 Fax: (110) 243-9824 addresses IOCC DELEGATION (Page 1 of 2) on This Alexander Rondos: Executive Director, IOCC 711 W. 40th Street, Suite 306 list. Baltimore, MD 21211 Tel: 410-243-9820 Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky: Member of the Board, IOCC Past President of National Council of Churches (NCC) Address: Orthodox Church in America P.O. Box 675 Syosset, NY 11791 Tel: 516-922-0550 Very Rev. Nicholas Triantafilou: Chancellor, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America Tel: 212-734-7286 Father Irinej Dobrijevich: Serbian Orthodox Church Address: 8503 W. Catherine Avenue, # 520 Chicago, IL 60656 Tel: 312-693-1229 Mr. Milo Popovic: Member of the Board, IOCC 604 N. Maple Street Prospect Heights, IL 60070 Tel: 708-678-9034 Dr. Laila Kalinich: Member of the Board, IOCC 333 Central Park West, # 124 New York City, NY 10025 Tel: 212-866-8794 Mr. Andrew A. Athens: Chairman of the Board, IOCC President, United Hellenic American Congress (UHAC) Address: 400 N. Franklin Street Suite 215 Chicago, IL 60610-4403 Tel: 312-822-9888 International Orthodox Christian Charities The JAN-11-1996 16:39 FROM IOCC TO 12024569240 P.02 IOCC DELEGATION (Page 2 of 2) His Eminence Archbishop lakovas: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America 10 East 79th Street New York City, NY 10021 Tel: 212-570-3500 Mr. John Rangos: Chairman Emeritus, IOCC Vice Chairman, Chambers - - USA - Waste Tel: 412-244-6120 Senator Paul Sarbanes: U.S. Senate Hart Office Building Room 309 Washington D.C. 20510 Tel: 202-224-4524 JAN 11 '96 16:29 USCC/DEPT SOC DEV & WORLD PEACE P.2 Possible Invitees from the U.S. Catholic Conference (listed in order of priority) Fr. William Fay Associate General Secretary Mr. John Carr Secretary Department of Social Development and World Peace Fr. Drew Christiansen, S.J. Director Office of International Justice and Peace Gerard Powers European Affairs Office of International Justice and Peace Mr. Shep Lowman Migration and Refugee Services Msgr. George Sarauskas Director Office to Aid the Church in Central and Eastern Europoe Address: 3211 Fourth Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20017-1194 FAX# 202-541-3339 PH: 202-541-3199 Nicole: Here are the people who should be invited: 1. American Jewish Committee 1. Robert Rifkind, President a Jason Isaacson, Director 1156 Fifteenth Street, NW 12th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 202.785.4200 o 202.785.4115 F 2. American Jewish Congress 3 David Kahn, President 4 Phil Baum, Executive Director Mark Pelavin, Director Stephen J. Wise Congress House 15 East 84th Street 212.879.4500 O 212.249.3672 F 3. Anti-Defamation League 5 Abraham Foxman, National Director 823 United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017 212.490.2525 o 212.867.0779 F 4. National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) 6 Lynn Lyss, Chair 7 Larry Rubin, Executive Director 443 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10016 212.684.6950 o 212.686.1353 F 5. Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) 8 Rabbi David Saperstein 9 Rabbi Lynne Landsberg 2027 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 202.387.2800 o 202.667.9070 F Have a great weekend! Let me know if you need any additional information. JKF JAN-11-96 THU 15:16 AM JEWISH COMMITTEE FAX NO. 2127514017 P. 02 NAMES, ADDRESSES, TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS Signatories of correspondence sent 4 to Ambassador Madeleine Albright, dated: December 14, 1995 Subject: Women and the Bosnian Peace Process. Felice D. Gaer Mr. Firuz Kazemzadeh The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Advancement of Human Rights the US 165 East 56th Street 1320 19th Street, N.W. New York, New York 10022 Suite 701 Washington, D.C. 20039 Tel: 212-751-4000, Ext. 314 FAX: 751-4017 Tel: 202-833-8990 -- FAX: 833-8988 - Patricia L. Rengel Amnesty International, USA Karin Ryan 777 UN Plaza Human Rights Program New York, New York 10017 The Carter Center One Copenhill Tel: 212-867-8878 Atlanta, Georgia 30307 FAX: 370-0183 -- Tel: 404-420-5183 FAX: 420-5196 Gay J. McDougall - International Human Rights Law Group 1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Charlotte A. Bunch Suite 700 Center for Women's Global Leadership Washington, D.C. 20009 The State University of New Jersey Rutgers Tel: 202-232-8500 27 Clifton Avenue -- New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 Marjorie Lightman Tel: 908-932-8782 International League for Human Rights FAX: 932-1180 432 Park Avenue South - New York, New York 10016 Marian Chatfield-Taylor Tel: 212-684-1221 519 Taugwonk Road FAX: 684-1696 Stonington, Connecticut 06378 - Tel: 203-535-2589 Charlotte Holstein 314 Kimber Road Syracuse, New York 13224 to Linda Cimino Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Tel: 315-448-8731 Violence FAX: 448-8733 135 Broad Street - Hartford, Connecticut 06105 Tel: 860-524-5890 FAX: 249-1408 JAN-11-96 THU 15:16 AM JEWISH COMMITTEE FAX NO. 2127514017 P. 03 Surita Sandosham Jill Merrick Equality Now International Center for Research on Women 226 West 58th Street 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. New York, New York 10019 Suite 302 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: 212-586-0906 FAX: 586-1611 Tel: 202-797-0007 - FAX: 797-0020 I Anne T. Goldstein 21 Eighth Street, S.E. Mahnaz Afkhami Washington, D.C. 20003 Sisterhood Is Global 4343 Montgomery Avenue Tel: 202-662-9640 Suite 201 - Bethesda, Md. 20814 Dorothy Q. Thomas Tel: 301-657-2017 and FAX: 657-4381 Joanna Weschler Human Rights Watch 485 Fifth Avenue Rosa C. Biceno New York, New York 10017-6104 Women, Law and Development International 1350 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Tel: 212-972-8400 Suite 407 FAX: 972-0905 Washington, D.C. 20036-1701 - Tel: 202-463-7477 Susannah Sirkin FAX: 463-7480 Physicians for Human Rights 1 100 Boylston Street Suite 702 Jean Gore Boston, Massachusetts 02116 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section Tel: 617-695-0041 980 Lincoln Place FAX: 695-0307 Boulder, Colorado 80302-7234 -- Tel: & FAX: 303-447-8668 Marsha Freeman - International Women's Rights Action Watch 301- 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 Rhonda Copelon International Women's Human Rights Law Tel: 612-625-5557 Clinic -- CUNY Law School 65-21 Main Street Peggy Kerry Flushing, New York 11367 Womens Action for New Directions (WAND) Tel: 718-575-4329 72 Barrow Street FAX: 575-4478 Apt. 4U New York, New York 10014-5707 1 Tel: 212-242-9757 FAX: 741-7993 4 Charlotte Holstein The American Jewish Committee 314 Kimber Road Syracuse, NY 13224 (212) 785-4200 Firuz Kazemzaheh National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'ls of the U.S. 1320 Nineteenth St NW Suite 701 Washington, D.C. (202) 833-8990 Katherine Cosby National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'ls of the U.S. 1320 Nineteenth St NW Suite 701 Washington, D.C. (202) 833-8990 Linda Cimino Executive Director Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence 135 Broad Street Hartford, CT 06105 (203) 524-5890 Rosa C. Biceno Women, Law, & Development International (202) 463-7477 Jean Gore Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S section (212) 533-2125 Marian Chattield-Taylor Mahnaz Afkhami Sisterhood Is Global von another last 6 Holly Burkhalter Executive Director of Washington Office Human Rights Watch 1522 K Street NW Suite 910 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 371-6592 Ellen Marshall Program Officer Pew Global Stewardship Initiative 1333 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 736-5800 Lawyers Comm for Human Rights: Antti Korkeakivi 330 7th Ave 10th floor NY, NY 10001 (212) 629-6170 ext 140 Jelena Pejic 330 7th Ave 10th floor NY, NY 10001 (212) 629-6170 ext 160 Janelle Diller 2306 Dexter Ave Silver Spring, MD 20902 (301) 593-9698 Christine Curtis Star Rte Box 291 Muir Beach, CA 94965 (415) 331-6504 Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 005. list re: World Vision Guest List [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. 01/11/96 THU 14:17 FAX National 0 001 carekof Brayer Breakfast 5 World Vision Guest List 220 I Street NE Washington DC 20002 (202) 547-3743 Dr. John Huffman, Chairman of the Board, World Vision, DOB (b)(6) [005] 2 Mr. Robert Seiple, President, World Vision US, DOB- (b)(6) Mr. Andrew Natsios, Vice President, World Vision US and Director World Vision Relief and 3 Development, DOB (b)(6) 4 Ms. Dale Hansen Bourke, Board Member World Vision and Publisher Religion News Service, DOB- (b)(6) 5 Mr. Dayton Maxwell, Senior Advisor, World Vision International, DOB (b)(6) Media Relations Non" Melinda Keenan Wood, Director Media Relations, DOB (b)(6) DELEG. Kathleen Brown, Media Relations Officer, DOB (b)(6) Sara Anderson, Advisor Media Relations, DOB (b)(6) 01/11/96 17:48 E P.02 INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS 12233 Wrst Olymple Houlevard, Suirc 280 Lus Angeles. California 90064-1052 USA (310) 826-7800 FAX (310) 442-6622 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN ROBERT It. SIMON, MD (forms. transmen of hoppy Milm Carl Cons Hoursed Marks ASSOCIATE CHAIRMAN January 11, 1996 HENRY II HOOD, JR., MI) Suon Arida that Atmax Draw to CEO. TM H. littlem - Mr. Matthew Lorin lawn Director SPORET OF THE BOARD HOUEIDA SAAH RN Office of Democracy Address at Low National Security Council this D.C. PAUL DEAN, MI MHI Washington, D.C. Via Fax: 202-456-9240 N 100$ Spradu and 1 Son Due Callinia FRANK (1. HICKEY Marvicing Parmer Dear Matt, Manham l'athers Inc New York, New York FRANK R RANDALL It was really a pleasure to speak with you today. Thank you for Pricess Invoice inviting International Medical Corps (IMC) to the special Bosnia Newper Beach, Caldoma meeting with the First Lady on January 29, 1996. SUE REEVES Pean. as Indnes Meals. Pand of (Prom As you requested, listed below are the names of the individuals who Palment Pune she System A 16-m. Are will bc attending on IMC's behalf: Samed Vav Dr. California of as Health Syn son Use. Calluries 1. Nancy Л. Aossey, President and Chief Executive Officer MRS. WILLIAM F. RICKDAN (Head of Delegation) can UNITED ROINSON. MII Professor and Chas, 2. Georgianna Platt Department terms) Mature 3. Stephen Tomlin University of Mews. Kinsa (X) Selved Malare 4. Greg Gottlieb Kens Co. Miller SAUNDRA WHINEY Please call me if you have any questions. ] very much appreciate Nrates. And of The (i. the opportunity to attend such a worthwhile and important meeting. No liab, No 1.6 PRESIDENT & Sincerely, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER NANCY A. AOSSEY HRADQUARTERS Nancy a. assey LOS ANGELES. CA Nancy A. Aossey PROGRAMS President and Chief Executive Officer ARGHANISTAN ANGX.A BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA NAA:sl 1.05 ANGELES. CA NAMIDIA RWANDA SOMALIA SUPAN SENT BY : WASHINGTON. DC : 1-11-96 : 5:29PM : U.S.I.P.- 202 456 9240:# 1/3 PASTITUTE UNITED STATES OF PEACE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER PAGE TO: Mr. Matt Lorin ORGANIZATION: The White House FAX NUMBER: 202/456-9246 SENDER'S NAME: Dr. Harriet Hentges Harril Heat SENDER'S TELEPHONE NUMBER: 202/457-1700 FAX NUMBER: (202) 429-6063 TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES (INCLUDING COVER PAGE): 3 DATE: 1/11/96 MESSAGE: The following are USIP attendees for the January 29, 1996 meeting with Mrs. Clinton: Richard H. Solomon, President of USIP and Head of Delegation; Harriet Hentges, Executive Vice President, USIP; Eileen F. Babbitt, Director, Education and Training Program, USIP; Pamela Aall McPherson, Program Officer, USIP; and Stanley Roth*, Director, Research and Studies Program, USIP. *Will attend if possible CC: Kimberly Marteau, Fax #202/456-9240 Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 006. fax Bob DeVecchi to Matt Lorin re: IRC Representatives [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. 01/11/96 THU 17:19 FAX 212 551 3184 PRESIDENT OFFICE 001 INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE 122 EAST 42nd STREET NEW YORK, NY 10168-1289 TEL: 212-551-3001 - FAX: 212-551-3184 FAX - page(s) including cover sheet TO: Matt Lorin National Security Council FAX NO.: 202-456-9240 DATE: January 11, 1996 FROM: Bob DeVecchi SUBJECT: IRC Representatives at January 29 Event Dear Matt, The following persons will attend the January 29 event with the First Lady, representng the International Rescue Committee: Dr. James C. Strickler Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IRC DOB: (b)(6) [006] Soc. Sec. (b)(6) The Hon. John Richardson Former President of the IRC DOB: (b)(6) Soc. Sec. (b)(6) Mr. Robert P. DeVecchi President of the IRC DOB: (b)(6) Soc. Sec. (b)(6) Barbara Smith, PhD. Director of Health Programs - IRC DOB: (b)(6) Soc. Sec. (b)(6) many Thanks + 01/10/96 14:19 FAX 412 321 3325 Brother sBrother 5 001 The Brother's Brother Foundation Suite 305 1501 Reedsdale Street Pittsburgh, PA 15233-2341 Phone: (412) 321-3160 Fax: (412) 321-3325 Chairman & CEO Donald J. Single TO: Matt Lorin Hospital Shared Services Vice Chairman FROM: Michael P. Levis, M.D. Luke L. Hingson Passavant Hospital President DATE: January 10, 1996 Luke L Hingson Brother's Brother Foundation Vice President Linn M. Swanson. CPA Brother's Brother Foundation Pursuant to today's conversation, I am suggesting two Muslim related organizations. They are as follows: Treasurer William R. Jennings South Hills Health System 1) International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) located in Medical Director Washington, DC helped arrange the financing of several BBF Dwight C. Hanna. M.D. Plastic Surgeon (Retired) medical shipments into Bosnia-Herzegovina via the Bosnia Secretary Relief Fund. IIRO has strong middle eastern connections: Cheri 1., Kroboth Hospital Association of PA CONTACT: Mohamed S. Omeish TRUSTEES International Islamic Relief Organization E. Wade Close. Jr. Boyden D.P.S 360 S. Washington Street 536 Relyin Suite 300 Judge Richard DiSalle Rose. Schmidt. Hasley 703 4476 Falls Church, VA 22046 & DiSaile, P.C. 536-9170-fa Margaret Mary Easion. Ph.D. Psychothetapist/Professor IIRO has several projects in the former Yugoslavia. Pearl Figgins, M.D. Public Health (Retired) 2) Mercy International located in Michigan has worked with BBF Anthony Galletta. M.D. from time to time. Mercy International appears to be Family Physician largely funded by U.S citizens and has several projects in L Richard Milner Alcoa Bosnia-Herzegovina and has interacted positively with the USAID Mission. Thomas E. Mistler Westinghouse Electric CONTACT: Umar Al-Qadi William % Nasri. J.D. University of Pittsburgh Mercy International Frank E. Nowak 31967 Block Street Educational & Professional Resources. Inc. Garden City MI 48135 TEL: 313-421-2273 Lora E Rutkowski Communications Consultant FAX: 313-421-2022 Joseph T. Senko. CPA Joseph T. Senko & Assoc., Inc. Richard L. Shaw Michael Baker Corporation Andrew G. Umm Mellon Bank (Raired) David R. Williams H.J. Heinz Company Founder & Trustee Emeritus Robert A. Hingson, M.D.. D.Sc. The official registration and financial information of The Brother's Brother Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free within Pennsylvania 1-800-722-0000 JAN-09-1996 14:54 P.01/04 2 AICF USA AICF/USA International Action Against Hunger 1511 K Street NW, Suite 1025 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: (202)783-5947 Fax: (202)783-5247 E-mail: [email protected] Action Internationale Contre la Falm FAX TRANSMITTAL January 9, 1996 DELEGATION Mr. MICHAEL CHOMMIE ATTN: FM: M. MATTHEW Chommie, Program LORIN Manager-Bosnia MM MR. John Marrkand FAX: 456-9240 RE: Art Therapy in the Former Yugoslavia You should receive four pages only. Mr. Lorin, Below please find the information you requested. I will be in the office until 6:00 if you require any additional information. I have also attached a fact sheet on our other activities in central Bosnia. AICF/USA's Executive Director is Mr. John "Jack" Marrkand. Thank you for your interest. MICHAEL CHOMMIE Key Accomplishments Educator Training: In early spring, 1995, a local psychologist working in the Bugojno school system was selected as AICF/USA's Program Coordinator for our Art Therapy Program in central Bosnia. Psychologist Amna Kerabeg traveled to Croatia for intensive training with psychologists, social workers and trauma specialist in preparation for the program. She had also been trained in her advanced degree studies on art therapy programs and their implementation. Kerabeg initiated an educator training program in the Bugojno (located in the Travnik Canton) school system, whereby more than 200 primary school teachers attended workshops on eight consecutive weekends in training. The educators were taught how to identify severely traumatized children, how to resolve conflicts in the classroom, how to interact with the families of the children and were given specific instructions on the referral process. Children who were identified as severely traumatized were then referred to the Children's Workshop. 1/4 Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 007. fax Sasa Mirkovic to Matthew Lorin re: Briefing papers [partial] (1 page) 01/10/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. +410-634-2998 CRS - LACRO 042 P01 JAN 10 '96 18:10 World Headquarters 2 Catholic Relief Services-USCC 204 West Fayette Street CRS® Bultinhore. Marylund 21201-3443 Telephone: (JIII) 625-2220 Fax: (410) 685-1633 Giving Hope To d World Of Need Telex: 910000051 CRS UQI FAX MEMORANDUM EURASIA AREA TO: Matthew Lorin, NSC FROM: Sasa Mirkovic, CRS/Eurasia fly SUBJECT: Briefing papers DATE: January 10, 1996. Per our discussion, I am sending you the following briefing papers for the meeting with Mrs. Clinton: 1) Executive Summary of the Proposal, 2) Briefing paper about CRS' activities with women and children, 3) Bio-data of Mr. Kenneth F. Hackett, Executive Director and the head of the CRS delegation. The other two members of the delegation will be: - Mr. Don Rogers, Eurasia Area Coordinator (Born (b)(6) and [007] - Ms. Kasey Vannett, Communications Associate (Born (b)(6) Best regards. CC: Rogers/Bensarghin, Eurasia (cover) The Overseas Relief and Development Agency of the United States Catholic Conference Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 008. fax Arthur B. Keys, Jr. to Matthew Lorin re: SSNs and DOBs [partial] (1 01/10/1996 b(6) page) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. JAN-10-1996 15:55 703-276-0509 P.02/24 General Board of 3 1 Global Ministries THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF 475 Riverside Drive, Room 1374 (212) 870-3816 (Cable: missions new york) New York, NY 10115 (212) 870-3624 FAX (1-800) 841-1235 HOTLINE 10 January 1996 Matthew Lorin National Security Council The White House Washington, DC FAX: 202/456-9247 Dear Mr. Lorin: In response to your invitation to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), we are pleased to send the following representatives to the January 29, 1996 meeting with Mrs. Clinton: Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. Lutgen, Jr., (Head of delegation) Associate General Secretary/Director United Methodist Committee on Relief UMCOR Date of birth: (b)(6) SSN: (b)(6) F. Lloyd Rollins Executive Secretary for Emergency Response UMCOR Date of birth: (b)(6) [008] SSN: (b)(6) Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr. Director of Program Development Office UMCOR Date of birth: (b)(6) SSN: (b)(6) Please contact my office for specific details of the time and place of this meeting and any other instructions. Sincerely, Cutto Dr. Arthur B. Keys, Jr. Director of Program Development Office cc: Melanne Verveer FROM : Mercy International-USA, Inc. TEL: 1 313 421 2022 JAN. 10. 1996 3:56 PM P3 MERCY INTERNATIONAL-USA 3 P.O. BOX 248 GARDEN CITY MERC MICHIGAN, USA 48136-0248 GIVEA Members of Mercy International-U.S.A., Inc.'s Delegation Head of Delegation: Umar al-Qadi Mr. al-Qadi, who joined Mercy in 1989, has been the Executive Director of the organization since 1994. Prior to that he served as Mercy's Public Relations Director and acting Executive Director. Mr. al-Qadi has a B.S. with distinction in the field of microbiology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Other members of the delegation: Mr. Mohamed Ahmed, Director of the Former Yugoslavia Program Mr. Faizil Baksh, Director of West Coast Operations Ms. Zana Macki, Consultant No. 0879 P. 1/2 Jan. 11. 1996 10:36AM INTERACTION ? Olnter Action. FAX! 4 American Council for Voluntary International Acdon Date: 1/11/96 From: J. Total Pages: 2 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW Suite 801 To: Matt Loris Washington, DC. 20036 Phone: (202) 667-8227 Organization: NSC Fax: (202) 667-8236 Fax: 456.9240 Message: Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 009. list re: Interaction Participants [partial] (1 page) 01/11/1996 b(6) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. Jan. 11. 1996 10:36AM INTERACTION No. 0879 P. 2/2 INTERACTION PARTICIPANTS IN JANUARY 29 MEETING Julia V. Taft President and CEO (b)(6) [009] James K. Bishop Director for Humanitarian Response (b)(6) Berta Romero Program Officer, Migration and Refugee Affairs (b)(6) George Devendorf Program Officer for Disaster Response (b)(6) Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 010. list re: Invitees for January 29th Meeting with Hillary Clinton [partial] (1 01/10/1996 b(6) page) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Melanne Verveer OA/Box Number: 20023 FOLDER TITLE: Bosnia [1] 2013-0534-S rc1720 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. JAN-11-96 THU 13:46 4 P.03 CHAIRMAN OF THE Burn Sylvis Hassenfold HONORARY PRESIDENTS Heips Epples The American Jewish Kdward Glasberg Donald M. Robinson Heary Tach JDC Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. Jack D. Weller HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTY PRESIDENT Dr. Martin Cherkesky Ambassador Milton A. Wolf Pauline B. Falk Living Kane EXPLUTIVE VICY-PRESIDENT 711 Third Avenue Tel: (212) 687-6200 William Roscawald Michael Schnelder New York, N.Y. 10017-4014 Fax: (212) 370-5467 Herbers H. Schiff Herbert M. Singer Plaine K. Wink HONORARY Exc. VICE-PREL Halph L Goldmase TREASURER Jonethan Kolker HONORARY TREASURER Irving H. Sherman January 10, 1996 SECRETARY John c. Colman HONORARY SECRETARY Howard Rubin LIST OF INVITEES FOR JANUARY 29TH MEETING ASSISTANT SECRETARY Herbert Katrhi WITH HILLARY CLINTON HUNORARY EXEC COMMITTEE Max M. Fulder Emanch Goldberg Henry L Zucker Exacurive Commiries Alan Barkin Hckac Berger Name SS# Date of Birth Edwis N. Breangtass Arthur Brody Anders Breatman Sidecy Busis Ambassador Shoshana Cardia Patricia GLOB Milton A. Wolf Chades IL Gaodmas Alexander Crass Joseph Garwia Alas Jaffe Gideon Taylor [016] Marvin Josephson Saul Kagan Betry Kane (b)(6) Harry Kleeman William Recant Myra Kraft Harvey M. Krucger Martin Levia Tana Levy Karca Moss Rachel Weinstein Rebecca Newman Richard Pearlscone Dr. Jehnda Reinhars Robert Reitman Engene Ribakoff Rabbi Arder Schneler Lynn Schusterman Harrierr Sloane Irving Smokles Jack J. Spitzer GT/ap Readyne C Swig Jod Taubor Norman Tilles Maymard Wishnes Louis L Zoreasky Larry Zusman ASKC Exac. VICE-PRESIDENTS Serve Schwager Theodore Como NON-SECTARIAN OFFRATIONS DIRECTOR Henryks Manes PROCKAM PLANNING AND BUDGET DIRECTOR Linda G. Levi SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Amir Shrviv SPECIAL. PROJECTS DIRECTOR Gidean Taylor PUBLIC INFORMATION DIRECTOR Mirizas Felders WASHINGTON, DC REPRESENTATIVE Williams Receat 01/16/96 TUE 02:21 FAX I 002 Jan-12-96 17:13 CWSW Europe Office 212 870-2922 P.01 Post-It™ brand fax transmittal memo 7671 a of pages 2 To mat Liven From Paul Wilson Co. White Home Co. NCCCUSA Dept. N.S.C. Phone National Council of Church 212-876-2667 Pax 202-456-9240 . Fox # 212-870-2922 CHURCH WORLD SERVICE AND WITNESS 475 Riverside Drive, Room 626 New York, NY 10115 Tel: (212) 870-2667 FAX: (212) 870-2922 Internet: [email protected] MEMORANDUM TO: Mat Lorin White House, Fax: 202-456-9240 FROM: Paul F. Wilson Paul I Wilson DATE: January 12, 1996 RE: Church World Service Delegation members for January 29 These are the names of the delegates to be invited to the January 29 meeting with Mrs Hillary Clinton from Church World Service and Witness of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA: The Rev. Dr. Joan B. Campbell, head of delegation General Secretary, National Council of Churches 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115-0050 The Rev. R. Lawrence Turnipseed Deputy General Secretary for Church World Service 475 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10115-0050 The Rev Leonid Kishkovsky Chancery of the Orthodox Church of America on onother Route 25+A Box 675 Syssset NY 11791 Bishop Melvin G. Talbert, President, National Council of Churches P.O. Box 980250 West Sacramento, CA 95798-0250 Biographical material on the head of the delegation: The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell is a minister in both the OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON: Religious List Bosnia Meeting (January 29) LAST NAME FIRST NA PREFIX TITLE COMPANY ADDRESS-1 ADDRESS-2 CITY STAT ZIP PHONE(O) FAX Alkhateeb Sharifa Ms. Vice North American 902 McMillen Great Falls VA 22066 703/759-7698 703/759-9461 President Council for Court for Muslim Women National & Internatio nal Outreach Britton Ms. Peace Quilt P.O. Box 23091 Alexandria VA 22304 / - / - Beverly Browning Edmond Bishop Bishop The Episcopal 815 Second New York NY ***** 212/867-8400 212/490-3298 Church Center Street Campbell Joan Dr. General National Council 475 Riverside Room 880 New York NY 10115 212/870-2141 212/870-2817 Secretary of Churches of Drive Christ in the USA Gay Arthur Dr. Executive World Relief National 450 Carol Stream IL 60188 708/665-0235 708/653-8023 Director Corp. Association of Gunderson Evangelicals Drive Graham Franklin Samaritians 155 Assembly P.O. Box Mountreat NC 28757 704/669-5550 704/669-4220 Purse Drive 937 Grieves Brian Rev. Canon The Episcopal 815 Second New York NY 10017 212/922-5207 212/490-6684 Church Street Hanson Duncan Reverend Coordinato Ecumenical Presbyterian 100 Louisville KY 40202 502/569-5313 502/569-8039 r Relations and Church Witherspoo Mission in n Street Europe Iakovos Demetrio Archbishop His Greek Orthodox North and South 8 East New York NY 10021 212/570-3512 212/861-8060 S Eminence, Archdiocese of America 79th Archbishop Street James Fred Bishop The AME Church 1134 11th Street Washington DC 20001 202/842-3788 202/289-1942 NW National Council 475 Riverside New York NY 10115 / - / - Kishkovsky Leonid Father Chair, Europe of Churches of Drive Committee Christ Lutgen, Kenneth Rev. Dr. Assoc. The United 475 New York NY 10115 212/870-3816 212/870-3624 Jr. General Methodist Riverside Secretary/ Committee on Drive, Director Relief (UMCOR) Room 350 McCarrick Theodore Bishop Archbishop Archdiocese of 171 Clifton Newark NJ 07104 201/497-4001 / - Newark New Avenue Jersey Rados George Father Saints Peter and 7108 Bradley Bethesda MD 20817 301/299-9124 301/365-3217 Paul Antiochian Boulevard Orthodox Church Page 1 1/11/96 2:12 pm OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON: Religious List Bosnia Meeting (January 29) LAST NAME FIRST NA PREFIX TITLE COMPANY ADDRESS-1 ADDRESS-2 CITY STAT ZIP PHONE(0) FAX Reilly Daniel Bishop Chairman International U.S. Catholic 49 Elm Worcester MA 01609 508/791-7171 508/753-7180 Policy Committee Conference Street Ricard John Bishop Bishop's Catholic Center 320 Cathedral Baltimore MD 21201 410/547-5452 / - Committee Street on Social Dvlp. & World Peace Saperstein David Rabbi Union of 2027 Washington DC 20036 202/387-2800 202/667-9070 American Hebrew Massachusetts Congregations Avenue, NW Sieple Robert Dr. World Vision 919 West Monrovia CA 91103 818/357-7979 / - Huntington Drive Stromberg Jean Ms. Director, World Council of 475 Riverside Suite 1062 New York NY 10115 212/870-2533 212/870-2528 US Office Churches Drive Talbert Melvin Bishop President National Council Bishop United 1276 West CA 95691 916/374-1510 916/372-9062 of the of Churches of Methodist Church Halyard Sacramento Board Christ Drive Theodosius Metropolitan Primate Orthodox Church P.O. Box Syosset NY 11791 / - / - in America Count: 21 Page 2 1/11/96 2:12 pm 19 ETHNIC GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS -- Revised list 1/11/96 FOR INVITATION TO MRS. CLINTON'S BOSNIA RELIEF EVENT MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1996 (11 to follow) Priority 1 Croatian-American Community Dr. Marija Dixon 130 Waddington Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 (o) (h) 810-540-4761 Fax Psychologist doing projects in Bosnia. Ms. Zdenka Gast President Contractors Welding of Western New York, Inc. 1930 Baseline Road Grand Island, NY 14072 (o) 716-773-1973 (h) 716-773-5161 Fax 716-773-3989 Mr. Melchior Masina National President Croatian Catholic Union of the USA and Canada One West Old Ridge Road P.O. Box 602 Hobart, IN 46342 (o) 219-942-1191 (h) Fax 219-942-8808 Mr. Bernard M. Luketich National President Croatian Fraternal Union of America 100 Delaney Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235 (o) 412-351-3909 (h) 412-945-6150 Fax 412-823-1594 Mr. Leo A. Majich President Croatian National Association c/o Operating Engineers Trust Fund 100 East Corson Street Pasadena, CA 91103 (o) 818-356-1098 (h) Fax 818-356-1065 Rev. Giordano Belanich Croatian Relief Project and Pastor, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 239 Anderson Fairview, NJ 07022 (o) 201-945-4891 Fax 201-945-4890 Mrs. Mary Robert President Croatian Women's Branch #27 34 Country Life Acres St. Louis, MO 63131 (o) (h) 314-997-2363 Fax 314-997-4892 Frank Brozovich, DDS President Croatian-American Association 818 18th Street Suite 950 Washington, DC 20006 (o) 202-429-5543 (h) Fax 202-429-5545 Mrs. Klara Cvitanovich Vice-President East National Federation of Croatian Americans 3236 North Arnoult Road Suite 201 Metairie, LA 70002 (o) 504-455-4388 (h) Fax 504-885-0487 also President, Feed My Sheep (a relief effort) Mr. Joseph Rukavina President Minnesota Croatian Cultural Society 2183 North Gardenette Drive White Bear Lake, MN 55110 (o) 612-429-9230 American Muslim Community Mr. Abdurahman Alamoudi Executive Director American Muslim Coucil 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 (o) 202-789-2262 (h) 703-620-9337 Fax 202-789-2550 Mr. Khaled Saffuri Executive Director American Task Force for Bosnia 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 (o) 202-789-2378 (h) 703-524-7967 Fax 202-429-8680 Additional recommendations to follow Serbian-American Community Ms. Nancy Huber Washington Representative Central Coordinating Committee 9866 Sailfish Terrace Gathersburg, MD 20879 (o) 202-638-1313 (h) 301-977-3414 Fax 202-638-3740 Mr. Obrad Kesic Program Officer, Central and East European Programs International Research and Exchanges Board 1616 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 (o) 202-628-8188 (h) Fax 202-628-9818 Mrs. Anna Pavichevich Harkins Public Affairs Liaison Serb Net P.O. Box 9264 McLean, VA 22102 (o) 703-834-6073 (h) 703-834-6073 Fax Father Irinej Dobrijevic Administrative Liaison Serbian Orthodox Church and International Orthodox Christian Charities 8503 West Catherine Avenue Apartment 520 Chicago, IL 60656 (o) 312-693-1229 (h) 312-693-1229 Fax Mr. John M. Delich President Serbian Unity Congress 7 Wild Iris Lane Fairview, NC 28730 (o) 704-628-9396 (h) 704-628-9396 Fax Ms. Gordana Todorov President Serbian-American Alliance of New England Newton, MA (o) 617-965-7814 (h) Fax Other Dr. William Novick International Children's Heart Foundation 777 Washington Avenue Suite P215 Memphis, TN 38105 (o) 901-572-5958 (h) Fax 901-572-5107 Children's heart surgeon doing surgeries in Bosnia, building a Children's Heart Center in Zagreb. 01-23-96 11:19 AM FROM SEN C. LEVIN WARREN P02/02 CARL LEVIN Vee Marita MICHIGAN Hnited States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510-2202 January 22, 1996 Ms. Nicole Rabner Office of the First Lady 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ms. Rabner: I understand that Mrs. Clinton is planning an event to honor humanitarians from around the country who have reached out to help the victims and refugees of the war in Bosnia. I also understand that the January 29th event will mark the launch of Mrs. Clinton's special project to help the children of Bosnia. While I realize that seating is limited, I would nonetheless ask you to do everything possible to include Mrs. Lidija Dorkin Grahovac of the Croatian American Congress. Mrs. Grahovac has been a tireless advocate and spokesperson for the community nationally and internationally. She has met with President Clinton and other high level diplomats in pursuit of peace and now, since Dayton, in pursuit of reconciliation and restoration. I appreciate any effort to accommodate this request and thank you in advance for your cooperation. Sincerely Call Carl Levin ann pith /jj Kittlans BY FAX: (202) 456-6244 Press of 647-4274 1 for 647-3945 PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER JAN 24 '96 08:57AM ALLIANCE Inter Acties Julia Taft Remarks White House -- January 29, 1996 (NOTE: THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE) I am delighted to be here today. I want personally to thank Mrs. Clinton for the great interest she has shown in humanitarian relief and development work around the world and her willingness to host this event today to highlight the efforts of U.S. private voluntary organizations in the former Yugoslavia To be honest, Mrs. Clinton, we could use your help. The American people strongly support your view, so eloquently expressed in your new book, "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child," that every child is important and that America's compassion for children knows no borders. But our own humanitarian work in the former Yugoslavia -- our efforts to help thousands of children and their families recover from the worst European war in half a century -- has largely gone unnoticed. So we welcome this opportunity you have given us this morning to let the American people know about our work and to promote a new toll-free number, the Bosnia helpline, which the public can call to find out more about what we are doing. As president of InterAction. I represent a coalition of over 150 private voluntary agencies. We are the largest association of relief, development and refugee-assistance agencies in the United States. More than 35 of our members are now on the ground and hard at work in the former Yugoslavia trying to make the Dayton peace accords meaningful at the grassroots level. Our agencies are working to help families and children recover from four years of bloodshed that has left over 200,000 dead and forced more than 2 million people from their homes. We are involved in a vast array of new projects. We are providing basic necessities like food, medicine and clothing. We are offering psychological counseling to many victims of war and we are deeply involved in reconstruction and reconciliation efforts. I am proud to say that in all of these efforts our agencies have strived to achieve a pattern of cooperation and a standard of conduct that reflect basic American values. Throughout the former Yugoslavia you will find secular and non-secular agencies of various faiths and persuasions working together to meet two common goals: to ease human suffering and to help people help themselves. JAN 24 '96 08:57AM ALLIANCE InterAction Action In the months ahead, I might add, the goal of helping people help themselves will become critically important. A key to our success in the Balkans will be creating new partnerships at the community level that will help former combatants avoid the violence of the past. Economic investments must reinforce local efforts to recover and rebuild. We cannot simply import European and U.S. contractors to do this work for local communities. Local people must be involved throughout the process. Another key to success will be a sustained commitment on the part of the world community to see that the job is completed. Creating a civil society is not like hitting the TV's remote control button and changing the channel from hate to hope. It's more like a long, grueling marathon. Reconciliation and reconstruction takes time. Our agencies know that we must be engaged over the long term if we hope to reinforce democratic stability. Mrs. Clinton, all of us in this room share your great love for children. We strongly agree with the old African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a child." But we also know that it takes leadership - the kind of leadership you are demonstrating today - -- to remind all Americans of their own personal commitment to make the world better. As always, our agencies stand ready to work with you in helping get this message to the public, and I hope the media here today will help us in publicizing this toll free number which Americans can call to find out more about what we are doing. Thank you again, Mrs. Clinton, for your support.. MIKARIC Theodore Mc CARRICK DRAFT REMARKS FOR KENDACKETT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES TO MAKE AT THE JANUARY 29, 1996 WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION Hosted Pres. p Pope thesever at Liure. In Bosnia everyone has been a victim of war. Every woman, every child has been vulnerable to its Repers suy dangers and privations to some degree. CRS recognizes this and that is why we have been in Balkans. relentless in our efforts to reach needy people of all communities, regardless of their religion or ethnicity. In Bosnia, as elsewhere, our refusal to limit our assistance or deny aid to any one group is rooted in the principles of Catholic Social Teaching, which emphasizes that the responsibility of the wealthy to assist the less fortunate is not limited by national boundaries or ethnic and religious distinctions. Also in accordance with Catholic Social Teaching, we hold that problems should be solved and decisions made by the communities most affected by those decisions. As Pope John Paul II said on the occasion of his visit to Baltimore last October 8, "The best kind of assistance is that which encourages the needy to become the primary artisans of their own social and cultural development". That's why whenever possible CRS tries to work through local organizations to identify and address the needs of the population. This is most clearly exemplified in Bosnia, where we implement our activities through counterpart agencies who represent the four ethnic communities: Croatian, Serbian, Muslim and Jewish. As a Catholic organization, we believe that our presence and solidarity with all the peoples of Bosnia holds concrete and symbolic value. We believe that it allows us to play a unique role in helping to promote reconciliation among the JAN-24-96 WED 16:31 P. 02 people of the region. Recently in a symbolic act of reconciliation, Catholic Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo attended a Christmas liturgy in a Serbian Orthodox church in Sarajevo. In remarks beforehand, he warned, "The breakdown of coexistence between the various cultures here may well lead to political and social radicalism, whose consequences would be felt far beyond the territory of this republic." We must not let this happen. Our experience has shown us that it does not have to happen. Each week, the directors of CRS' four counterpart organizations put aside their differences and sit down with us to decide how best to serve their communities. It isn't always easy. Centuries of animosity and resentment make this war an especially bitter one. I won't say that disagreements don't arise. Deciding that one community may be in need of more resources than another can be extremely challenging. Yet our experience has made us optimistic. It has given us a vision of what the future can hold for Bosnia. It has given us hope. I'll give you a small example that occurred recently. During their pre-Christmas meeting, the director of Dobrotvor, our Serbian Orthodox counterpart, came forward with a request. He had nothing to give his staff after the trying year they had gone through together. No food or clothing could be spared and what little cash he had was tied up in program work. After a brief consultation, his Muslim, Jewish and Catholic counterparts offered a solution. They informed the Serbian director that they would contribute extra food and supplies so that Dobrotvor's staff could have a Christmas bonus. JAN-24-96 WED 16:31 P. 03 At CRS we believe that this small act of generosity is a symbol of what the country as a whole can achieve. In 1993, CRS was the first U.S. religious organization to take up residence in Sarajevo. Throughout the war our staff stayed on, risking sniper's bullets and mortar shells. We stayed as a sign of solidarity with the people--to assure them they had not been forgotten in their hour of darkness. Throughout the conflict, rather than import relief goods, CRS opted to produce them in both Bosnian and Serb-controlled Sarajevo. One typical enterprise is the Sarajka Pasta Factory. The project has put more than 500 people to work. After surviving for so long on a humanitarian aid diet of bread, beans and oil, seeing something as comforting and familiar as pasta on the table again, serves to bring back memories of more peaceful pre-war days. It gives back hope. Over 65 percent of CRS' resources in Bosnia are directed at small enterprises like Sarajka that produce bread, underwear, socks and textiles for distribution to the local population. The value of these projects, however, goes far beyond the mere provision of food and clothing. Equally important are their roles in giving previously unemployed people the opportunity to be productive and provide for their families--activities that are crucial to the restoration of pride and self- respect. CRS understands that only when people have achieved some measure of physical and economic security can they begin to contemplate ideas about reconciliation. The cornerstone of CRS' health program in Bosnia is our Trauma Recovery Program. Throughout JAN-24-96 WED 16:32 P. 04 the region many people have been the victims of ethnic cleansing. They or their family members have been raped and brutalized; they have lost their homes and their livelihoods. Some physicians and psychologists are refugees themselves, suffering from the same trauma and shock as the people they are attempting to help. By providing local mental health care workers with training in crisis and trauma counseling, we have been able to help this seriously war-traumatized population regain control of their lives. Like the First Lady, CRS recognizes that in times of crisis, often it is the children who suffer most and who have the least ability to bring about a change to their situation. CRS is working to help children through its support for programs designed to fulfill the most urgent needs of this vulnerable group. Throughout the war, we have distributed over HOW MANY winter boots, HOW MANY winter socks and underwear to young children. We are working to maintain a clean and healthy environment for children to learn in by providing schools with sanitation materials. CRS has also overseen deliveries of medicines to the Kosevo Pediatric Ward for treatment of children with chronic diseases. CRS welcomes the US-brokered Dayton peace agreement with much enthusiasm. The reduction in violence and restoration of utilities has been a great relief to all citizens. It has also opened the door for us to dramatically increase our support for reconciliation and reconstruction activities. The new climate of freedom and security will allow CRS to offer new support to small businesses, LIST NEW INITIATIVES HERE. In closing, let me emphasize once again that we must not allow Cardinal Puljic's warning about JAN-24-96 WED 16:32 P. 05 the breakdown of coexistence among cultures to become a reality. In resisting such a scenario, Catholic Relief Services will continue its efforts to carry out the vision our Holy Father expressed for our agency when he said, "Each individual without exception is created in the image of God and redeemed by the Blood of Christ. In a world scarred by religious divisions and national rivalries, Catholic Relief Services testifies to the unity of the human family and to the equal and inalienable dignity of each and every person." JAN-25-1996 06:45 FROM IOCC TO 12024569240 P.02 Headquarters: IOCC 711 W. 40th Street Suite 306 Baltimore, MD 21211 IOCC (410) 243-9820 Fax: (410) 243-9824 Remarks delivered on behalf of the International Orthodox Christian Charities by the Very Rev. Nicholas Triantafilou Chancellor, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America On behalf of His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos, who serves as Chairman of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America, the Board of Directors and Staff of IOCC, I want to express our gratitude to you and the United States Government for encouraging an initiative of unprecedented significance for peace. May this give hope to the most innocent victims of war. For all people of faith, the tragedy of Bosnia = the whole of the former Yugoslavia - presents a very grave challenge. Women have been violated; mothers so traumatized they can no longer offer an infant their breast; children have the very foundations of stability and faith in family and community shattered; communities have been forcibly displaced and so many slaughtered. People of faith must, as the humble instruments of divine mercy, respond with love and charity. But there is more. This terrible war has given us a glimpse of a future in which religion is unscrupulously manipulated to justify International Orthodox Christian Charities The International Humanitarian Organization of Orthodox Christians in the United States and Canada JAN-25-1996 06:46 FROM IOCC TO 12024569240 P.03 the division of populations. This is a war in which people who spoke the same language, came from the same ethnic stock and lived as neighbors, were torn apart because of their adherence to a faith. Thus a special burden of responsibility and opportunity rests with those of us who work in the name of faiths. We must work to right the wrong: where religion has been made the emblem of injury and division, we must make religion agent of healing. To shrink from this challenge would be a terrible dereliction. In the last four years agencies like IOCC have worked against considerable odds to bring a message of hope to deliver the material support to populations suffering the most terrible privations. In doing so, there has always been the vision that, amidst war, the foundations of a later reconciliation might be laid by offering the purest of charity: mercy to whomever is in need regardless of their background. Moreover, that such charity must strengthen those who have a real stake in a future of peace, namely those who belong to the societies that have been ravaged by war. Whatever the challenges, this experience offers hope. We have seen individuals and groups resist the oppressive despair that accompanies a civil conflict. We can attest to the courage of so many who have kept parochial intransigence at bay. These are the JAN-25-1996 06:46 FROM IOCC TO 12024569240 P.04 people to whom we are beholden. For, through them we can help nourish a culture of tolerance, communities that are healthy and thus individuals, proud of their identity but open to life with all. This is why the initiative, announced today, is of a significance that far surpasses the individual organizations or the amounts of money made available. We welcome the recognition by our government that without the active involvement of agencies based on faith, engaging their sister Churches in the former Yugoslavia, there can be no guarantee of peace. IOCC welcomes the opportunity to expand its cooperation with Catholic Relief Services. Indeed, much of what IOCC has been able to achieve in the last few years has been thanks to the ecumenical network of agencies that belong to the National and World Council of Churches. Now, however there is a premium on very visible cooperation. The implementation of action for peace must not mirror the tragic fragmentation of the society it seeks to help. Our conscience in this must be the mothers and children of all who do and have inhabited the former Yugoslavia. Thank you January 29, 1996 +410-634-2998 CRS - LACRO 042 P02 JAN 10 '96 18:10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: PSYCHOSOCIAL RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (BH) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) began providing assistance to the victims of the war in former Yugoslavia in 1991 with the delivery of relief supplies through local NGOs on the basis of "Need Not Creed". An office was established in Sarajevo in October, 1993. Collaboration with local PVOs and international PVOs, particularly those of a confessional nature has been a principle of the program, as has been the axiom of relief and recovery for the whole human person, as an individual and as a member of a larger community. CRS/BH has purposefully promoted the growth and close cooperation of the four primary indigenous NGOs in BH: Caritas, Merhamet, Dobrotvor, and La Benevolencija, respectively representing the local Catholic, Islamic, Christian Orthodox and Jewish commu- nities. These are the most viable local humanitarian organizations currently operating in BH and no doubt the greatest hope for organized community reconciliation. In addition, CRS has implemented numerous projects in the areas of emergency humanitarian assistance, mental health rehabilitation, local production, of the local RVO's, community development, education, peace and reconciliation, and institutional strengthening and developmentand, with a total program value in excess of $30 million during the last three years. International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has been providing assistance to vulnerable people in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia since December, 1992 and food and other emergency relief supplies to refugees, displaced persons and other extremely vulnerable individuals in the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina since June, 1993. The program expanded shortly thereafter to include OB/GYN services and mental health care. Since its inception the total value of the IOCC program in ex-Yugoslavia has reached $8 million. IOCC's operations in ex-Yugoslavia are managed from an office in Belgrade. A sub-office was also opened in Banja Luka, in the Republika Srpska, several months ago. From this office, IOCC has managed a relief program in which local Catholic, Muslim and Orthodox NGO counterparts participate. The principles of ethnic- blind delivery of assistance and collaboration with local NGOs are also important features of the IOCC methodology. CRS-IOCC collaboration includes the joint conceptualization of a youth club project. The project will include cultural exchanges and activities designed to promote understanding and reconciliation among the youth of the ethnic groups now in conflict. +410-634-2998 CRS - LACRO 042 P03 JAN 10 '96 18:11 The CRS strategy for recovery and reconciliation in BH includes efforts on both the individual and community levels and addresses both the psychological and physical needs of the population. To date, the most important CRS/BH effort in recovery and reconciliation has been the Psychosocial Trauma Recovery Project. In 1995 CRS accomplished three major objectives through the project: 1) Provided basic skills for paraprofessionals working in refugee collection centers in Sarajevo, 2) Improved the capacity of psychologists and social workers in Sarajevo social service centers to treat war-related psychosocial trauma, and 3) Selected and developed seventeen professionals as trainers to expand the training outside Sarajevo. CRS/BH plans to continue the trauma recovery project during 1996 and 1997 in Sarajevo and to expand the training by providing workshops to the regions of Zenica, Mostar and Visoko/Fojnica. In this proposal, CRS and IOCC present a project to expand this second phase of the trauma recovery program to include the areas of Tuzla and majority-Serb Sarajevo. These two areas are particularly important since Tuzla has the largest concentration of displaced people and majority-Serb Sarajevo will be reintegrated from Serb- control to Federation-control. The project also includes a community-building component to follow the individual-focused trauma recovery activities. This will include projects to foster recovery and reconciliation by providing people with positive experiences of cooperation in achieving community goals. These projects will focus particularly on mixed- ethnic communities and will rely on the knowledge and participation of the local faith-based organizations listed above. CRS and IOCC propose to implement this project together. IOCC will be responsible for the activities in Republika Srpska and majority- Serb Sarajevo and CRS will be responsible for the activities in the remainder of the Federation. Each organization will be separately and directly responsible to the donor for the funds and activities within their respective portion of the budget. The two organizations will share a common approach to project activities, particularly those within the sphere of psychosocial recovery. The collaboration of the CRS and IOCC is a particularly constructive aspect of the project. By combining resources and experiences in BH, CRS and IOCC will demonstrate and promote the positive effects of religious tolerance and cooperation. This is considered the first phase of a continuing effort by both agencies to expand their collaboration and to involve Muslim partners at every opportunity. The total value of the proposed project will be $778,619 and will be implemented over a two year period. /sm/1/4/96 file:c:\wp51\bosnia\ptr_extv2.sum CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:00 P.01/09 Horld Headquarters Catholic Relief Services-USCC CRS® 200 West bayette Street Baltimore Mary land 21201-3443 Telephone: (410)625-2220 x3179 Fax: 14101 685-1635 Giving Hope To A World Of Need Telex: 9100000951 (CKS UQ) R FAX MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: Don Ambassador Rogers, Richard Eurasia EURASIA Shifter, Dan AREA Pages SUBJECT: Bosnia Proposal DATE: January 2, 1996. Please find the proposal for Psychological Recovery and Community Rehabilitation in Bosnia-Herzegovina that you have discussed with Mr. David Holdrige of CRS/Geneva. The proposal builds on CRS experience and expertise and takes into consideration our intent to work collaboratively with other ethnic and confessional groups. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Best regards. CC: Ken Hackett, EMT Mike Wiest, EMT John Donnelly, EMT Louse Wilmont, EMT David Holdrige, CRS/Geneva (cover) Jim Kelly, CRS/BH (cover) Karel Zelenka, CRS/Croatia (cover) Julie Chen, CRS/Macedonia (cover) Lynne Bensarghin/Sasa Mirkovic, CRS/B/Eurasia (cover) Phil Oldham, CRS/B/OPRM Kim Miller, CRS/B/PPLU file:c:\bosnia\nsc01.iod The Overseas Relief and Development Agency of the United States Catholic Conference PSYCHOSOCIAL RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY REHABILITATION IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA JANUARY 1996 P.02/09 Jan 2 '96 11 :01 11:01 : Fax CRS/BALTIMURE INTRODUCTION Callabic ReMof Services (CRS) bogan providing assistance to the victims of the war in former Yugashavia in 1991, amisting with the delivery of relief supplies through local NGO CRS established an office in Sarajevo, (RH) in number, 1993, to respond more fully a the needs in this country. From the beginning collaboration with local NGOs and International NGO4, particularly those of I confermional natura, has been I principle of the program. Another principle has been to maintain a vision of relief and recovery for the whole huran person, as an individual and as a member of 8 larger community. As pert of its methodology, CRS/BH has promoted the growth and close cooperation of the four primary indiganous NGO in BH. The organizations with which CRS works Caritas Merhanet, Dobrolver, and La Benovolendja, represent respectively the local Catholic, Inhurio, Chrisian Orthodox and Jewish They are the most visite local humanitarian organizations currently operating in BH, and probably the greater hope for organized community reconcilition. These four organizations had estabhahod a coordination meeting prior to CRS' arrival in Serajavo. They antinue to meet on a weekly basis, with CRS now included as an active member. CRS is the only international NGO in BH collaburating coordinating and distributing relief supplice with local organizations on such a lovel CRS' colleboration also extends to its relations with international NGOs. CRS/BH initiated and leads a weekly NGO courdination mooting, out of which tu come coordinated-action- regarding government regulations, assessments to Gorazds, and information-sharing on activide for winter 95/96. CRS' colleboration with International Orthodox Christon Charities (IOCC) has gane s step further, to include joint conceptualization of 8 youth club profect This project establishes two youth clubs, one on osoh side of a divided Serajovo. The project will include cultural exchanges and activities designed to promote understanding and reconsilistion mmg the youth of the warring ethnic groups. CRS/BIT: methodology for recovery and reconciliation in BH includes offorts on hold the individual and community loval, and addresses both the psychological and physical needs of the populadon. While the viotims of the war have experienced individus! trauma, they cannot be acparated and treated spart from the commitments to which they belong Likewise, it will not bc possible to address the need for psychological healing and respolition within communities without doing something about the war-damaged community environment, preferably through community action. To date, CRS/BH's most important cffort in removery and remainstion has been the Psychosocial Trainna Recovery ITUJUET, This project has trained professional and persprufcasional psychosomial workers in Serajovo to be able to bother trual the conditions that artsu from irsums and prolanged stress. The workers trained in the program have treated thousands of patients affected by their WAT 1 P.03/09 TO: II 96. 2 Jan Fax 410-685-1635 CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:25 P.04 experiences, including refugees and displaced persons. The effective treatment of traumatized people builds within them the ability. to como to terms with B traumatic situation and the confiliot raging throughout the country, and to go boyond it. With the goal of siding the individual, CRS believes il asciets in promoting othnic tolerance and reconciliation between the different othnic groups in Bosnis-Herzogovina. During the last year, CRS accomplished three major objectives through its on-going trauma recovery project: 1) Provided basic akills for paraprofessionals working in refugee collective centers in Sarajovo; 2) Improved the capacity of psychologists and social workers in Sarajevo social service centers 10 treat war-related psychosocial trauma; and, 3) Developed seventeen selected professionals M trainers for expanding the training in BH outside of Sarajovo. CRS/BH already has plans to continue the trauma recovery project during 1996 and 1997 in Sarajovo, and to expand the training by providing B full sorios of workshops to the regions of Zenica, Mostar, and Visoko/Fojnica. In this proposal, CRS/BH presents u project 10 expand this second phase of the psychosocial trauma recovery program to include the areas of Tuzia and majority-Serb Sarajevo. The project will increase the breadth and proficiency of the Indigenous expertise in psychosocial rehabilitation in these two areas, thus improving the care given to all patients treated in the social services sector. These two arcas are also particularly important for the following roasons: Tuzia, because it has the largest concentration of displaced people; and majority-Scrb Sarajavo, because H will be reintegrating from Serb-control to Federation-control. The project also includes a community-building component to follow the individually focused trauma recovery activities. This component will initiate small projects to foster recovery and reconciliation by providing people with positive experiences of conperation in achieving community goals. These small projects will be particularly focused on mixed ethnic communities. This component of the project will raly heavily on the knowledge and participation of Caritas, Merhamct, Dobrotver, La Benevolencija and IOCC in the regions where they are active. CRS and 10CC executives have discussed the design and implementation of this proposal FOCC representatives have agreed that, where possible, IOCC would participate and commit expatriate personnel to work alongside CRS personnel. CRS and JOCC are also in regular contact with the Islamic leadership in the United States regarding activities in BH. The Islamic community in the U.S. will, whonever possible, be involved in the conceptualization of joint projects. The collaboration of the CRS and IOCC leadership is a particularly valuable aspect of this project. By combining resources and experiences in BII, CRS and IOCC intend to promote and demonstrate the positive efforts of religious tolerance and cooperation. By this example, both organizations hope to encourage similar initiatives on a local level. The total value of the proposed project will be $538,616, and will be implemented over two years according 10 the timeline included as the and of this proposal. z IMURE ax:410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:26 P.05 BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION The first phase of the CRS/BH Psychosocial Trauma Recovery Project has been B three-tiered effort to increase the lovel of psychosocial services available in Sarajevo. The program has consisted of weekly training sessions in each social service center and staff support groups conducted by local (Boanian) CRS staff. Monthly seminare were organized by local staff and conducted by expatriate and local exports. In addition, CRS has developed a relevant reference library in each center of translated professional manuacripts, scientific papers, and books, time enabling staff of centers to have access to both traditional and new concepts with regard to helping clients suffering the consoquences of war-related psychosocial trammer. The program has been eagerly accepted by the staffs of the centers 20 demonstrated by regular attendance (even during dangerous periods), routine ovaluations, and verbal and written praise. The program was developed to address the fact that very few mental health or social service providers have had formal preparation for dealing with the consequences of psychosocial trauma. LI was not a significant part of professional education prior to the war, and continues to be underumphasized The latter is due in part to the reduction in university faculdes throughout the area, and the need to cover traditional subjects with reduced resources. WHO and other groups have organized training programs in psychosocial rehabilitation but these have been primarily directed at the medical community. Unfortunately, social workers and psychologists working in other areas of BH have not had ROCERS to the training provided through CRS/BH's trauma recovery project. Reports of professionals in other cities indicate that the need in many places exceeds that of Serajovo social service center professionals al the beginning of the CRS program. Preliminary surveys in Tuzla indicato that social service conters are in desperate need of the type of training made available by CRS to social service centers in Sarajevo. This is in large part duc to the heavy concentration of refugees from all parts of castern BH, including Srebrunica and Zepa, in the Tuzla area. Many of the refugeos in Tuzle are victims of violens ethnic cleansing which occured in eastern BH along the border with Serbia. The needs in Tuzia are also documented in the MSF Mental Health Program Assosement: Monthly Report- 26.2.93. This MSF document the situation in Turle as a region "...overwhelmed with displaced and refuges people, N of whom have experienced and/or wimeased greater or leaser degrees of trauma..." and goes on to state that "training is strongly identified as a big need." Aleksandra Fabrio, CRS psychologist, visited Turia and was able to document the lack of training directed toward social service centers daff. Al the time of her visit no training opportunities had addressed the needs of social service centers. In the areas of Sarajevo controlled by the Serbs, CRS was not able to identify a single NGO meeting the psychosocial needs of the population. The need for such a project was even denied by Serb authorities. The implementation of the Dayton peace accords, however, will make it possible 10 begin providing essistance in this area. Training of social workers will be crucial in reintegrating the divided populations in Sarajevo as well an in providing support to returning 3 FROM CRS Fax:410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:02 P.05/09 refugees. The planned collaboration with IOCC will be particularly valuable in majority-Serb Sarajavo 10 demonstrate the all-inclu Bivo intent of the program. There will be much pressure in the coming months to "heal" Boenia-Herzugovina rapidly, which may b ad to superficial solutions. CRS/BHis famly convinced that the approach typified by the Booms 1 phase of the psychosocial traums secovery project described In this proposal is the best approa ch to healing traumatized people because it deals directly with those most capable of healing : the local caregivers in the existing social services system. Programs that bypase the existin g structures and create automomous services will eventually close and the benefits will duupp ear. leaving the extsting asy statu w a HIV sup. The CRS affort are for in increasing the extetin I system's ability to treat transmarized people now, and to carry the extra load when these atar E upgrams close. The aphosis on rapid "healing" may likewise cause international assistance to bo imposed on local COMM unities rather than be implemented by them This bas the potential to be harmful in COMMN mities broken down by the WAT and filled with people aliented from one another by their war-time experiences. This alienation may he exacorbated by the return of people displaced by the conflict. The affects of trauma are also despened by the concrete reminders of the war that daily confront the people of Dosnia-Herzogovina. Shattered buildings, barren parks and intermittent utilities do not bt people living near them forget the war, or even become convinced That 11 is ended. Recovery from the war, on both an individual and community level, will to facilitated by the repair of this damage and by other common activities that involve people in the rehabilitation of their own communities. There is a critical need in BH communities for positive of cooperation that achieve common goale. CRS/BH: experience in local production of solief supplies and collaboration with local NGOs indicates that controle projects, oven when small, create opportunities for reconsiliation and increased colonec among the otherle groups of Bosnis-Herzegovina. PROJECT DESCRIPTION To address the needs identified above, CRS proposca the following two-year project including trabing for the treatment of psychomocial trauma in Tuzle and majority-Serb Sarajevo and small community-building projects: ThoGOAL of this project will be the following: Individuals, particularly in the areas of Tuzla and majority-Serb Sarajevo, capable of recovering from the trauma of throe years of war through improved mental health care, and communities capable of further reconciliation from the experience of small projects achieving community goals through cooperation. 4 CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:03 P.06/09 Objective 1: To significantly improve the ability of psychosocial workers in Tuzla and majority- Serb Sarajevo to treat people with trauma and chronic stress-related conditions. CRS will provide training for all professionals and paraprofessionals in existing social service centers in Tuzia and majority-Scrb Sarajevo utilizing teams formod from individuals who completed the first phase of training and CRS' "training for trainors" sominare in 1995. Staff from social service centers will be brought together for aix four-day workshops in each of the two locations over a two year period. The training will be conducted by teams of four Sarajevo professionals comprising all nationalities of BH who have been selected by CRS professional staff to participate as trainers CRS provided training in 1995 specifically designed to prepare these local professionals in Sarajevo to undertake training functions throughout BH. Six subject-spooific teams will travel to each location to hold four-day sessions with social workers from each region. Each team will be organized by and include one CRS project staff member. The subject areas will include Children, Gerlatrica, Refugcos, Families, Returning Soldiers, and Helping The Helpers. Topics of the workshops have boan determined on the havis of the previous year's experience of CRS professional staff working in social service centers in Sarajevo, and inquiries by CRS staff in the Tuzla region. All training nossions will be primarily for staff in social service centers, but will be open to others from the indigenous NGOs. Every offort will be made to accommodate as many local professionals as possible. The planned participation by IOCC staff will be most important in majority-Serb Sarajevo. This partnership would demonstrate the non-partisan, inclusive nature of the program, and may encourage greater participation by the Incal Serb population. D.L. Croson M.D. Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, and the chief consultant to the trauma rehabilitation project, has agreed to continue as chief consultant to this current project. His experience in Sarajovo and other areas of BH over the last two years will be invaluable in the planning and implementation of the ourrent proposal. Objective 2: To repair and equip one social service center in majority-Serb Sarajevo to the standard required for integration with the oxisting system. As indicated above, mental health services have not been If priority for the current Serb authorities in majority-Serb Sarajevo. CRS/BH will repair and equip one social service center in majority- Serb Sarajevo to that it can property function. This facility will be particularly important as the remaining Serb population reintegrates into federation territory, an event that will most certainly bc complicated by the tensions created when displaced Muslims and Croats return to their homes there. In particular, physical repairs will include winterization of the structure, painting and plastering inside walls, and installing B functional heating system an required. Equipment to be donated will 5 CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:04 P.09/09 include a desktop computer and printer, a copier and a fax machine. Conter staff will be trained in the use of this equipment. Objective 3: To implement 30 small projects M an average value of $5,000 that provide concrete, positive experiences of community cooperation in the pursuit of common goals. These projects will be implemented in the following regions where CRS/BH has already attained experience: Sarajevo (both majority-Sorb and current Federation-controlled), Tuzia, Moster, Zenica, Visoko, Kisoljak and Fojnica. Areas such as Stolac, Travnik Bugoino and Jajce, where the Federation is experimenting with returning Muslims and Croats, will also be areas for assessment. Those are towns that once enjoyed a healthy ethnic mix but were cleaned by either fear among the minority population or forcefully expelled by war. Note that all of these towns are in the areas served by the social service network identified for the sccond phase of CRS/BH's trauma recovery project, if the expansion in this proposal is included. CRS/BH staff specially trained in community development and conflict resolution will work with community groups to identify and implement the projects. Community groups that will be contacted in this component of the project include church groups, Islamic associations, local NGOs, professional associations of social workers and others, school-related associations, small business groups, and associations of returnces. Projects identified for implementation may include, among others, physical rehabilitation of community buildings or infrastructure, replanting of community parks, community cultural ovents celchrating diversity, and special projects for primary school children. The criteria for sclection will include the following: - The project was identified by the local community and creates a common good. - The project will be implemented by s broad-based group of citizens, preferably muld- ethnic. - The community is fully involved and makes a significant contribution to the projoct's successful outcome. - The project repairs was damage or fosters somo facet of the community's recovery. - The project involves people also benefiting from the trauma recovery training. - The project does not exceed $7,000 in cost. 10CC's plans to establish a physical presence in Sarajevo will expand the possibilities for community-building and reconciliation projects in majority-Scrb Sarajevo and other arcas where Serbs are mill present. The participation of the local NGOs (Caritas, Merhamct, Dobrotvor and La Benevolcacija) wherever they are represented will also be an important facel of the implementation of those small projects. 6 CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:04 P.08/09 The training in community development and conflict resolution for staff specifically assigned to these activities will also be made available to local NGOs and other CRS/BH and IOCC staff. In some way, all of the programs implemented by these organizations require those skills. In this way the training funded under this proposal will have a larger effect on the reconstruction and recevery activities to be undertaken in the next two years. TIMELINE The project will be implemented according 10 The following planned uncime: ACTIVITY YEAR 1 YEAR 2 qui 002 qtr3 qua qirl 002 que qtre Objective 1: Target Area Surveys XX Training Teams Formed XX Team Orientation XX Tuzin and Majority-Serb Sanajoro Training XX XX RX x XX XX XX Objective 2: Identify Social Center for Repairs XX Repair and Equip Social Center XX Objective 3: Survey Target Consmities XX XR Identify /Develop Projects with Communities XX X XX Implement Senull Projects XX xx n xx XX XX XX NB: Monitoring to ensure appropriate accountability for all project resources will continue throughout the program. 7 CRS/BALTIMORE Fax :410-685-1635 Jan 2 '96 11:02 P.04/09 BUDGET The program wJ require the following resources to be property implemented over the ЛСАН two vesn: Line Item Dotail Cost Terrousel Project Manager (PT Expat) $ 20,000.00 Projoce Officer (1) s 20,000.00 Profess Accidents É 2 32,000.00 Secretary s 14,000.00 Social Workers s 5,000.00 Conveltants Confier Keralunan Tyatwing $ 10,600.00 Psyalembught 5 13,000.00 Administration Rent A Utilities $ 12,000.00 Telephone & Fax s 5,000.00 Office Aquiproom & Supplios s 5,000.00 Volido & Pquipment Maintenance s 6,000.00 Treadation Services s 6,000.00 Travel & Training Airfare for Consultants $ 7,000.00 Lodging for Contisto $ 6,000.00 Ladgus Tude s 8,000.00 Per Visa Tude $ 6,300.00 Training Room, Refreshments, a. e 15,000.00 Lodging for Thris Theiroon 9 $,000.00 Puel S $,000.00 Puper Supplies s 3,000.00 Reponstruction Corto (Serajevo) Royair and Equipment for Bocial 9 47,000.00 Service Canser Capital Equipment Toyols Land-Oroing 3 33,000.00 Deskiop Coroporation (2) s 7,000.00 Laptop Computer s 3,000.00 Printens (2) 9 1,500.00 Small Project Punds 30 O every $5,000 s 150,000.00 SUB-TOTAL DIRECT COSTS s 447,200.00 NICRA Q 22.45% 8 91,410.40 TOTAL $ 538,616.40 8 Julia Tart James Bishop InterAction 202/667-8227 667-8236 Sheppie Abramowitz International Rescue Committee 202/667-7714 232-7376 William Recant American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 202/223-6838 223-2961 HARRIETT HENTGES Kenneth Jensen U.S. Institute of Peace 202/457-1700 429-6063 Timothy McCully American Red Cross 202/728-6641 728-6404 Arthur Keys United Methodist Committee on Relief 703/276-1010 276-0509 Dayton Maxwell World Vision 202/547-3743 547-4834 Umar al-Qadi Mercy International-USA, Inc. 313/421-2273 421-2022 Donald Rogers Catholic Relief Services 410/234-3179 685-1635 Rev. Drew Christianson U.S. Catholic Conference 202/541-3199 541-3339 Alexander Rondos International Orthodox Christian Charities 410/243-9820 243-9824 Paul Wilson Church World Service 212/870-2667 870-2922 Adrian Karatnycky Freedom House 212/514-8040 514-8055 HRC speech My husband will shortly be leaving for Bosnia to visit our soldiers. It is their presence in Bosnia which gives the people of that war-torn land a chance to maintain the peace which we helped negotiate. It gives them a chance to rebuild their country. The success of this effort for peace and reconstruction will depend, above all, on what the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina can do for themselves. They are intelligent, capable, and hard-working. They could get the job done if the only could, after these years of strife, come together, join hands, and together lay a foundation for a better future. But the years of warfare have not only caused the death of thousands of people and have not only destroyed buildings and infrastructure. These years have left their scars, both physical and emotional, on almost all the survivors. The very people of whom we expect that they will rebuild the country must, in the first instance, rebuild their shattered lives. In time many of the physical scars will heal. Dealing with the emotional scars will be far more difficult. In a country in which neighbor turned against neighbor, in which thousands were witness to murder and rape, it will be difficult to re-establish mutual trust. It will be particularly difficult to help those who have been most brutally victimized, the women who have been raped, the women who have been widowed, the children who have been orphaned. The points which I have just made are points of which all of you are well aware. And you have acted on the basis of your knowledge. In the American spirit of voluntarism you have applied yourselves to the task of binding up the wounds of the people of Bosnia. You have recruited the staffs, both here and abroad, to do the needed humanitarian work and you have applied your resources to the task. You deserve the country's thanks and congratulations. I am glad to know that you have also had the full support of the Agency for International Development. In this effort private voluntary organizations affiliated with religious denominations have been joined by nondenominational groups. What all of you have shown through your actions is that your unstinting help is rendered without reference to the the recipient's religious identification. I hope you don't mind my United saying that I am sure there aren't many Methodists in Bosnia, yet Methodist Relief Services have been active in Bosnia, serving Committee people of all religions. And the same has been true of all the other denominationally affiliated groups which are represented here today. I am dwelling on this point because it means that while rendering help you are also passing on a message, a message of human brotherhood and sisterhood. For, as we know, inter-communal strife in Bosnia was not based on differences in language or ethnicity, as it is in many other places in the world. The people of Bosnia- Herzegovina speak the same language and come form the same ethnic stock. The great and truly tragic irony is that in a region which for decades professed atheism, differences in their religious identification have divided the people who call themselves Serbs from those who call themselves Croats and has divided both these groups from those who once called themselves simply Bosnians and who are now called Muslims. You are able to remind the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina of a past in which their differences were de-emphasized, to show them that Americans, coming from a country of much greater diversity, can join in reaching out to them, to all of them, without making distinctions based on their religious identification. Given the needs which I have here identified, I am particularly pleased to announce a project sponsored jointly by two of the charitable organizations represented here today, a project which deals with all these needs. Building on a program which has been in existence for a while, Catholic Relief Services and International Orthodox Christian Charities, with the assistance of the Agency for International Development, will together help repair and equip social service centers and provide training for psychologists and social workers to help them deal with clients who suffer from war-related post- traumatic stress. In Bosnia the program will be a joint effort of Muslim, Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish charitable organizations. The staffs of the centers will be drawn from all the Bosnian communities and will serve members of all the Bosnian communities. I am confident that this is merely the beginning of a joint effort among the PVO's, an effort which I am sure will receive widespread public support. For only through efforts such as those in which you are engaged can we make certain that the peace which our soldiers are now protecting will hold after they return home. Bosnia has seen enough of war, of mourning. In the words of Ecclesiastes, let this be, at long last, a time for healing, for building, for embracing, a time for peace. InterAction American Council for Voluntary International Action James K. Bishop Director Humanitarian Response TEL (202) 667-8227 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW FAX: (202) 667-8236 Suite 801 (202) 667-4131 Washington, DC 20036 Email: [email protected] HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WHAT AMERICAN NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) ARE DOING A Media Resource Guide Produced by InterAction December, 1995 The Alliance for a Global Community, a program of InterAction, is supported by a development education grant from the Office of Private and Voluntary Cooperation, Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance, USAID. US Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Currently Operating Relief and Development Programs in the Former Yugoslavia This guide offers journalists an overview of the work that US-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are doing in the former Yugoslavia to promote the peace process and provide critical aid to victims of the conflict. Throughout the conflict, NGOs- — the umbrella name for a wide variety of independent, non-profit, humanitarian organizations — have been involved in refugee resettlement, ethnic reconciliation, reconstruction, emergency assistance, medical and mental health care, trauma counseling, food distribution, agriculture programs and education. The topic index on the following pages helps you quickly identify which agencies are doing which. All NGOs listed in this guide are members of InterAction, a coalition of 150 humanitarian relief, development and refugee organizations working in some 160 nations. As such, they subscribe to institutional, ethical and practical standards that aim to promote effectiveness and accountability. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Mike Kiernan or Michael Briggs InterAction Phone: (202) 667-8227 Fax: (202) 483-7624 E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected] For more info about the former Yugoslavia, see our Web site at: http://www.interaction.org/ia/ This guide was produced by the Alliance for a Global Community, the communications program of InterAction. As part of its mission to increase public understanding of relief and development issues, the Alliance seeks to improve media coverage of humanitarian assistance and human development issues worldwide. ALPHABETICAL INDEX The following agencies are listed in this guide, in alphabetical order: Adventist Development and Relief Agency AICF/USA (International Action Against Hunger) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee American Red Cross American Refugee Committee Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team Baptist World Aid Brother's Brother Foundation CARE Catholic Relief Services Church World Service Croatian Democracy Project Direct Relief International Doctors of the World Doctors Without Borders Immigration and Refugee Services of America International Aid International Catholic Migration Commission International Medical Corps International Orthodox Christian Charities International Rescue Committee Islamic African Relief Agency/USA Lutheran World Relief MAP International Mercy Corps International Operation USA Save the Children United Methodist Committee on Relief US Committee for UNICEF World Concern World Relief World Vision GEOGRAPHIC INDEX US-based NGOs that have field offices and/or press contacts in the former Yugoslavia, by city: SARAJEVO Croatian Democracy Project Lidija Japec Adventist Development and Relief Agency Tel: 419-766 (ADRA) Ivan Brehelmaher Immigration and Refugee Services of America Tel: 511-944 Amy Horton Tel: 229-053 American Red Cross Jessica Barry International Rescue Committee Tel: 656-894 William Carlos Tel: 4512-714 American Refugee Committee Steven Frost/Jennifer Poole/Sandrine Brettoniere Islamic African Relief Agency Tel: 412-125 Amin Mahmoud Tel: 329-993 Catholic Relief Services James Kelly Mercy Corps International Tel: 670-823 or 663-781 or 670-821 Terry Heselius Tel: 417-449 Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) International Catholic Migration Commission Alex Parisel Dale Buscher Tel: 663-477 Tel: 277-956 International Rescue Committee UNICEF Mark Bartolini Brigitte Duchesne Tel: 440-030 Tel: 233-2610 or 233-6222 ZAGREB SPLIT ADRA American Refugee Committee Tihomir Lipohar Steve Segal Tel: 174-196 Tel: 355-515 CARE International Medical Corps Brenda Cupper/Rick Grant Tel: 589-218 or 514-655 Tel: 273-998 or 422-381 or 422-362 Save the Children Jim Nuttall International Orthodox Christian Charities Tel: 355-408 Dean Triantafilou Tel: 332-375 United Methodist Committee on Relief Dirk Van Gorp ZENICA Tel: 651-983 International Medical Corps TUZLA Tel: 413-129 or 415-201 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) BIHAC Tel: 821-336 or 213-488 International Medical Corps International Medical Corps Tel: 229-077 Tel: 821-169 OSIJEK International Rescue Committee Kurt Tjossem Brother's Brother Foundation/ Tel: 821-176 Lutheran World Relief Hermina Nilolaisen BELGRADE Tel: 25-825 ADRA KOSOVO Tomislav Stefanovic Tel: 653-256 Doctors of the World Tel: 34124 Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Tel: 660-270 or 661-509 SELECTED TOPIC INDEX Below are some issues that you might be particularly interested in, followed by the names of some of the organizations whose work focuses on these areas. The organizations, and their contact people, are listed alphabetically in the pages that follow. Agriculture: AICF/USA, Brother's Brother Foundation, International Rescue Committee Children: American Red Cross, Immigration and Refugee Services of America, International Medical Corps, Save the Children, US Committee for UNICEF Economic Development: AICF/USA, Catholic Relief Services, Islamic African Relief Agency, Mercy Corps International, United Methodist Committee on Relief Education: Brother's Brother Foundation, CARE, Doctors of the World, Islamic African Relief Agency, Save the Children Environment: AICF/USA Health/ Medical Needs: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Red Cross, American Refugee Committee, CARE, Croatian Democracy Project, Direct Relief International, Doctors of the World, Doctors Without Borders. International Rescue Committee, International Medical Corps, Islamic African Relief Agency, MAP International, Mercy Corps International, Operation USA, US Committee for UNICEF Relief Supplies (food, clothing, etc.): Adventist Development & Relief Agency, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. American Red Cross, Brother's Brother Foundation, CARE. Catholic Relief Services, Church World Service. International Aid, International Orthodox Christian Charities, International Rescue Committee. Lutheran World Relief, Mercy Corps International, United Methodist Committee on Relief, US Committee for UNICEF, World Relief, World Vision Reconciliation: American Refugee Committee, Croatian Democracy Project, Mercy Corps International, World Vision Reconstruction: AICF/USA, American Refugee Committee, International Rescue Committee Refugee Assistance/Resettlement: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Red Cross, American Refugee Committee, International Rescue Committee, Islamic African Relief Agency, Lutheran World Relief, Mercy Corps International, International Catholic Migration Commission, World Relief Trauma Counseling: American Refugee Committee, CARE, International Rescue Committee, United Methodist Committee on Relief, International Medical Corps, Islamic African Relief Agency, Save the Children ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY US Contact: Bosnia Contact: Tamara Pleitez Ivan Brehelmaher Tel: 301-680-6340 Tel: 011-387-71-511-944 Fax: 301-680-6370 Fax: 011-387-71-219-078 E-mail: [email protected] Tepebasina 7 12501 Columbia Pike 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Silver Spring, MD 20904 Croatia Contact: Serbia Contact: Tihomir Lipohar Tomislav Stefanovic or Tel: 011-385-1-174-196 Michael Milosevic (translator) Fax: 011-385-1-174-861 Tel/Fax: 011-381-11-653-256 Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 77 Bozidara Adzije 4 41000 Zagreb, Croatia 11000 Belgrade, Serbia ADRA has distributed more than $7.5 million worth of relief supplies — from more than 16 countries — to the former Yugoslavia since 1991. It has also acted as Sarajevo's only mail delivery system. ADRA has offices in Sarajevo, Zagreb and Belgrade, and dozens of local volunteers aid the agency in its emergency distribution of relief supplies. In the past four years, ADRA has provided food, clothing, medical supplies and blankets to people in Banja Luka, Tuzla, Split, Mostar and Srebrenica. Because of ADRA's known neutrality among all ethnic and religious groups in the region, its emergency-assistance convoys have been able to travel on a regular basis. The most unique aspect of ADRA's humanitarian portfolio in the former Yugoslavia is its mail delivery system in Sarajevo. Through the assistance of more than 100 volunteers, the agency has continued the city's only source of mail, delivering some 800,000 items to its stranded residents. ADRA is committed to supporting the peace initiative through both immediate and long-term development assistance. AICF/USA INTERNATIONAL ACTION AGAINST HUNGER US Contact: Michael Chommie Tel: 202-783-5947 1511 K Street, NW Fax: 202-783-5247 Suite 1025 E-mail: [email protected] Washington, DC 20005 AICF/USA has been operational in Central Bosnia since April 1993. Its work focuses on several key sectors: agricultural, economic and environmental development; reconstruction, shelter and winterization; health; and promotion of ethnic reconciliation. The organization has provided some 3,250 metric tons (MT) of seeds since spring, 1993, which have produced more than 27,000 MT of grains and vegetables. It also helped entrepreneurs create sustainable businesses; planted 150,000 tree seedlings; provided 9,000 elderly people with warm clothing, boots and firewood; helped rebuild schools and medical facilities; and provided children with art therapy as an outlet for anger and loss. AICF/USA estimates that 200.000 people have benefited from its programs. AICF/USA's base of operations is in Bugojno. in central Bosnia. The program is managed by five expatriate and 14 national staff members (Bosnians, Serbs and Croats). AICF/USA works with local organizations and other international NGOs to implement its projects. AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE US Contact: Amir Shaviv Tel: 212-687-6200 711 Third Avenue Fax: 212-370-5467 10th Floor E-mail: [email protected] New York, NY 10017 The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJJDC) has been involved in relief efforts in the former Yugoslavia since April, 1992. AJJDC's activities in the region fall into three principal areas: rescue operations, humanitarian relief and refugee care. Over the last three years, AJJDC has helped evacuate more than 2,000 people, including 1,001 Jews and 1,103 members of the Muslim and Christian communities. It has also distributed more than 1,000 tons of food, as well as medication and clothing, to refugees. Together with the Sarajevo Jewish community's La Benevolencija- — which has been recognized for its outstanding humanitarian, non-sectarian work throughout the crisis - — AJJDC operates free pharmacies in Sarajevo. At times, these pharmacies provide up to 50 percent of the pharmaceuticals available in the city, and have filled more than one million prescriptions for Muslims, Christians and Jews. A home-care program has been developed to help home-bound elderly, who are visited by a team of physicians, nurses and pharmacists, and a food pantry serves 300 hot meals a day. With the cooperation of local Jewish communities, AJJDC has provided financial help, housing and medical care for approximately 1,800 Bosnian Jews who have found refuge in Belgrade and Croatia. In addition to its financial support, AJJDC has undertaken a special self-help venture called the Menorah Club. Over the past year the 43 members of the club have crocheted 5,000 kippot (skullcaps) with their own distinctive design. These kippot have been distributed in the US and throughout Europe. AMERICAN RED CROSS US Contact: Bosnia Contact: Ann Stingle Jessica Barry Tel: 202-728-6500 Tel: 011-387-71-656894 Fax: 202-223-1328 Pager: 800-SKYPAGE (PIN: 347-3018) Sarajevo, Bosnia 2025 E Street, NW 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20006 The International Red Cross Movement has been active in Bosnia since the onset of the conflict, providing emergency food, water and medical assistance to victims of war and "ethnic cleansing" policies throughout the region. The Red Cross helps reestablish contact between family members who have been separated by the conflict, and seeks to determine the fate of missing loved ones. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is uniquely qualified to visit and register detainees in detention centers in the region. The American Red Cross has, since 1991, provided approximately $25 million worth of food, relief commodities and cash to aid programs in the former Yugoslavia. In conjunction with the ICRC, and with the support of USAID, the American Red Cross has initiated a major feeding project for 59,000 especially vulnerable people in central Bosnia. A second project plans to provide winter clothing to 200,000 refugees in Croatia. The American Red Cross has also handled thousands of messages between people in Bosnia and their loved ones in the United States. AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE US Contact: Croatia Contact: Bosnia Contacts: John Wingate Steve Segal Steven Frost, Jennifer Poole Tel: 612-872-7060 Tel: 011-385-21-355-515 or Sandrine Brettoniere Fax: 612-872-4309 Fax: 011-385-21-355-686 Tel/Fax: 011-387-72-412-125 E-mail: [email protected] Hrvatskog Narodnog Dom Penzionera Hotel 2344 Nicollet Ave, Suite 350 Preporoda 10, 5th Floor Prve Zenicke Brigade, 1D Minneapolis, MN 55404 58000 Split, Croatia Zenica, Bosnia American Refugee Committee (ARC) has been providing humanitarian assistance in the region since 1993. Its current efforts include: Reconciliation and War Reconstruction: The American Refugee Committee is promoting reconciliation through innovative war reconstruction projects that bring together former rivals - — Bosnian Croats and Muslims - — to work in teams repairing war-torn homes, classrooms, markets and other public buildings. Projects are in the central Bosnian communities of Zenica, Novi Travnik, Fojnica, Zepce, Zavidovici. To date, ARC has repaired four apartment buildings (homes for 90 families), 60 houses, two kindergarten classrooms, two hospitals, one soup kitchen and one department store. ARC sees the program as a model for post-war reconstruction, as it ties reconciliation to the economic revitalization of the region; it has already strengthened the Federation of Muslim and Croat peoples at the local level. The program's initial phase is funded by a $2 million grant from the US Agency for International Development. Trauma Counseling and Health Care: Through a staff of indigenous psychologists, nurses and social workers, ARC is providing critical counseling to the emotionally traumatized victims of war — who have fled violence, leaving behind their loved ones, homes, livelihoods and dignity. Mobile health teams provide trauma counseling at collective centers. ARC also provides primary health care to innocent war victims at several sites in Bosnia and Croatia — as well as heaters, fuel, blankets and bedding to displaced persons who are now enduring another brutal winter. Community Development: During the holiday season, ARC operates a gift shop in Docletian's Palace, an historic landmark in Split, Croatia. Refugee-made art and gift products - — including jewelry, hand- painted plates, cards and Christmas stockings - — are sold there, with all proceeds going directly to the artists. The store is one component of ARC's work to bolster self-sufficiency and assist community development. ANANDA MARGA UNIVERSAL RELIEF TEAM US Contact: Bosnia/Croatia Contact: Clark Forden E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 202-829-2278 Fax: 202-829-0462 E-mail: [email protected] The Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) is providing rice, flour, salt and oil for people in Western Slavonia, Croatia. Distribution is carried out with the assistance of the UN Civilian Police. AMURT chapters in Switzerland and Italy are sending items for personal use and women's hygiene to relief camps in Croatia. BAPTIST WORLD AID US Contact: Paul Montacute Tel: 703-790-8980 6733 Curran Street Fax: 703-893-5160 McLean, VA 22101-3804 Baptist World Aid hosted a December 9 roundtable in Hamburg, Germany, for Baptist leaders from Croatia and Serbia, as well as Baptist agencies; all are involved in providing relief to refugees and displaced persons, and in Bosnian rehabilitation. It was agreed that Baptist World Aid would continue channeling relief goods into Bosnia through local Baptist agencies in both Serbia and Croatia. These agencies are also providing assistance to refugees and displaced persons in their own communities. Relief is also being provided to the small Baptist community, about 300 people, who fled the Krajina for Serbia last August. BROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION US Contact: Croatia Contact: Luke Hingson Hermine Nikolaisen Tel: 412-321-3160 Tel/Fax: 011-385-54-25-825 Fax: 412-321-3325 E-mail: [email protected] c/o The Lutheran World Federation HR - 31000 Osijek 1501 Reedsdale Street, #305 Kardinala Stepinca 4 Pittsburgh, PA 15233-3160 Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF) has sent or committed shipments of food, seeds, medical supplies, clothing and educational materials worth approximately $52 million to Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Serbia. The consignees of BBF shipments are: the Baptist Union, Moj Bliznji, the Catholic Church of Croatia, International Islamic Relief Organization, the Orthodox Church of Serbia, Pilgrim's Peace Center, American Bosnia-Herzegovina Relief Fund, Agase, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy International, Merhamet, Croatian Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and other groups. In November 1992, BBF signed a sub-agreement with the American Red Cross to distribute 2,000 metric tons (MT) of food given by USAID for sites in Croatia and Bosnia. With USAID funding, BBF also provided 2,000 wood-burning stoves to those in need in Croatia and Bosnia. In addition to sending sea shipments — which to date weigh 4,900 MT — BBF has airlifted 20 consignments of relief supplies to Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Serbia. BBF is currently operating a USAID-financed feeding program in Osijek, Croatia and Orasje, Bosnia CARE US Contacts: Croatia Contacts: Wendy Driscoll Lisa Swenarski Brenda Cupper or Rick Grant Tel: 404-681-2552, x434 Tel: 404-681-2552, x206 Tel/Fax: 011-385-1-273998 Tel: 404-875-9024 (home) Tel: 404-325-2847 (home) Tel: 011-385-1-422381 or -422362 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 151 Ellis Street NE Andrije Medulica 40/II Atlanta, GA 30303-2426 41000 Zagreb, Croatia CARE has been active in the former Yugoslavia since the start of the war in 1991. CARE's program has targeted relief to all sides affected by the fighting - — Croats, Serbs and Muslims alike. The agency has provided food, medicine, shelter and other relief supplies; managed refugee and displaced-persons camps; mounted water purification projects; offered trauma counseling, mobile gynecological services for rape victims, and medical rehabilitation for children injured by sniper fire. Current programs include: CARE Packages: CARE reaches elderly and other most vulnerable people (the sick, mothers, pregnant women) in Sarajevo and other regions of Bosnia with food packages, clothing distributions and baby hygienic packages. On December 14, CARE will launch a nationwide campaign to send packages containing school supplies, food and hygienic products to Bosnian children. CARE sent 1,000 similar packages last year, as well as carpentry and masonry kits to help adult Bosnians rebuild their homes. Mobile Gynecological Clinics: Ambulances staffed with gynecologists and pediatricians assist brutalized women, many of whom have fled the besieged "safe areas" of Srebrenica and Zepa. Each mobile clinic can help between 80-100 patients per day. The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal determined that in 1992 up to 20,000 women and girls as young as 10 had been systematically raped as a means of terrorizing the Muslim community. In Ljuboski, CARE staff provide trauma counseling to refugees who have experienced extreme stress from the conflict. Medical Care: CARE staff visit homes and provide aid to more than 1,000 of Sarajevo's critically ill children and elderly. Its REACH program has placed 26 teams of professionals in 11 areas of Bosnia to help the most vulnerable victims. Each team is composed of two doctors, two nurses, social workers and in-home care providers. Water Purification: CARE installs and maintains solar-powered water purification units throughout Sarajevo. CARE is also working to provide water and sanitation to 32,000 people in Travnik, Vitez and Zenica in central Bosnia; in Croatia, CARE helped repair the water system for the Pakrac-Lipik area. Other CARE projects include helping people meet winter clothing and fuel needs; Mobile Field Kitchens that provide supplemental food and water; a Paper Project that gathers in-kind contributions of paper for use in producing textbooks, periodicals and newspapers. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES US Contact: Bosnia Contact: Nanci Martin James Kelly Tel: 410-625-2220 Tel: 011-387-71-670823 or -663781 or -670821 Fax: 410-234-2992 Fax: 011-387-71-670826 E-mail: [email protected] CRS-USCC 209 West Fayette Street Muhameda Kantardzica 3 (Svijetlost Building) Baltimore, MD 21201-3443 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia Catholic Relief Services has provided $18 million in humanitarian assistance to more than a million refugees, displaced and affected persons regardless of their religion or ethnicity. In the wake of the peace agreement, CRS plans to dramatically increase its support for activities aimed at bringing together former antagonists to aid in the rebuilding of war-torn economies and communities. Much of the new support will be directed at small businesses. Throughout the conflict, rather than import relief goods, CRS opted to produce them in Sarajevo. One typical enterprise is the Sarajka Pasta Factory, which has put 500 people to work and offers Sarajevo's citizens a high-protein alternative to the bread, beans and oil that for so long formed the bulk of their diet. More than 65 percent of CRS resources in Bosnia are directed at Sarajka and similar enterprises that produce bread, socks, underwear and textiles for distribution to the local population. These projects not only provide food and clothing; they also restore pride and dignity by giving people the opportunity to be productive and provide for their families. CRS also plans to expand programs that provide winter clothes, heating and cooking fuel for vulnerable groups; provide bricks, cement and other construction materials to rebuild destroyed houses; and help mental health counselors assist individuals and families traumatized by the war. CRS works with four local humanitarian agencies — Caritas (Catholic), Merhamet (Muslim), Dobrotvor (Serbian Orthodox) and La Benevolencija (Jewish) — and has helped them implement joint projects. By bringing representatives of various ethnicity together, CRS is helping build the mutual trust that will aid in the creation of a cooperative post-war community. CHURCH WORLD SERVICE US Contact: Paul Wilson Tel: 212-870-2060 477 Riverside Drive Fax: 212-870-2922 Room 677 E-mail: [email protected] New York, NY 10115 Since the beginning of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Church World Service has delivered more than $16 million in material aid to victims on all sides of the conflict - — including food, blankets, bedding, shoes, health kits and school kits. CWS maintains an office in the region to facilitate delivery of the supplies. CWS also participates in international dialogues as the religious communities in the former Yugoslavia work toward peace in the region. Through the National Council of Churches, the agency is helping US Protestants engage in public debate on US policy choices in the Balkan conflict. CROATIAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT US Contact: Croatia Contact: Gregory Simpson Lidija Japec Tel: 202-785-1309 Tel/Fax: 011-385-1-419-766 Fax: 202-833-3372 E-mail: [email protected] Vlaska 86 41000 Zagreb, Croatia 1319 18th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 The Croatian Democracy Project (CDP), a Washington DC-based private voluntary organization, was established in 1990 to assist in the social, political and economic development of the emerging democracies of the former Yugoslavia. CDP has years of experience working in the region and managing democracy-building, training, visitor and humanitarian-assistance programs. CDP works closely with community, political, and religious leaders to promote the development of vibrant civil societies dedicated to political liberty, economic freedom and inter-ethnic reconciliation. Through its field office in Zagreb, CDP is able to ascertain the region's technical and developmental needs and administer the following programs: Centers for Ethnic Reconciliation: Two of these centers — to be open by the end of December in the Federation territory of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina - — will encourage respect for human, civil and minority rights, promote inter-ethnic cooperation and bolster the democratic process at the grassroots level. The centers will host activities such as conflict prevention and dispute mediation, civic education, legal assistance and human rights services, micro-enterprise development, public administration and other programs through skills training, technical assistance, and subgrants. Clinic on Wheels: in collaboration with the Mother and Child Hospital in Zagreb, CDP runs a mobile vehicle program that delivers medical services to refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina, with an emphasis on child and women's care. Training/Visitor Programs: building the leadership skills of regional leaders and strengthening the capabilities of their institutions, including political parties, local government, universities and non- governmental organizations. Recent training/visitor programs have been sponsored by USAID through Partners for International Education and Training. They have included such programs as training Croatian women politicians and activists on politics, NGO involvement, and the use of the media; bringing seven government officials from the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina to Washington, DC to train them in implementing the Federation constitution; and training a Croatian economist in privatization and economic restructuring. DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL US Contact: Marcy Harris Tel: 805-964-4767 Fax: 805-681-4838 27 South La Patera Lane E-mail: [email protected] Santa Barbara, CA 93117 Since July 1992, Direct Relief International has donated and successfully delivered critical medical goods valued at more than $1.5 million wholesale to health facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Direct Relief has dispatched numerous shipments of antibiotics, vitamins, orthopedic hardware and software, surgical and trauma supplies and medical equipment to both urban and field hospitals. In keeping with the organization's mission, all material assistance has been extended to the former Yugoslavia on a non-sectarian basis. Direct Reliefs most recent shipments have been dispatched to Sarajevo and Banja Luka. Direct Relief International is one of the United States' oldest international non-profit, non-sectarian health assistance organizations. Since 1948, it has worked in partnership with more than 3,000 charitable institutions in 140 countries, supporting long-term health care programs and providing medical relief to victims of poverty, war and natural disaster. DOCTORS OF THE WORLD US Contact: Kosovo Contact: Abby Stoddard Lisa Adams East European Press Officer Tel/Fax: 011-381-38-34124 Tel: 212-529-1556 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 212-529-1571 E-mail: [email protected] TF 3/5 CAV Doctors of the World, Unit 40200 625 Broadway, 2nd Floor OPN.ABLE Sentry New York, NY 10012 AP AE 09790 Doctors of the World's (DOW) goal in the former Yugoslavia is to provide much-needed medical assistance while serving as a catalyst for reconciliation and cooperation. DOW's activities were centered in Kosovo, the poorest and most disease-ridden area of the former Yugoslavia until October, 1995, when it launched needs-assessment missions to Mostar and Tuzla. DOW plans to develop proposals for projects that will support the overburdened clinic and hospital facilities in these areas, and provide them with medical personnel and equipment. Through its Distribution of Health and Nutrition Commodities project, DOW distributes nutritional supplements, vitamins and basic hygienic items to approximately 15,000 households in Kosovo. The project also provides tuberculosis control and child immunization support in the Greater Urosevac District of Kosovo. DOW helps screen and treat tuberculosis, vaccinate children against major childhood diseases, train health promoters in community-based primary health care, provide technical assistance in record- keeping and data-gathering, and educate the public on health issues. DOW's new initiatives include a maternal and infant health-care project, and a partnership with Doctors of the World-Greece to establish and manage a children's hospital and outreach center in Strpce, Kosovo. DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA (MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES) US Contact: Sarajevo Contact: Tuzla Contact: Caroline Richard Alex Parisel Tel: 011-387-75-821-336 Tel: 212-679-6800 Tel: 011-387-71-663-477 011-387-75-213-488 Fax: 212-679-7016 Belgrade Contact: 11 East 26th Street Tel: 011-381-11-660-270 New York, NY 10010 011-381-11-661-509 Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been working in the former Yugoslavia since the war started in 1991. MSF teams now support 280 facilities, which provide medical care for 2.5 million people, including surgery and general consultations as well as distribution of family food parcels. Sixty-six MSF volunteers of more than a dozen nationalities, including American, now work throughout the former Yugoslavia; 40 of them work in 15 locations across Bosnia. MSF was the only private organization working in the enclave of Srebrenica when it fell this past summer, and has been one of the few NGOs providing supplies and medical assistance to the population of Gorazde throughout the siege of that enclave. In 1991, MSF teams evacuated the wounded from the besieged town of Vukovar. MSF also provided health care and medical supplies to the Serbs displaced in August from the Krajina. and continues to provide assistance to Bosnian and Croat displaced persons throughout the former Yugoslavia. IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICES OF AMERICA US Contact: Croatia Contact: Jacqueline DeCarlo Amy Horton Tel: 202-797-2105 Tel/Fax: 011-385-1-229-053 Fax: 202-797-2363 Kersovanijev 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Trg. 2/I Suite 701 41000 Zagreb, Croatia Washington, DC 20036 Through its Prijatelj ("Friends") Project, IRSA has helped provide preventive mental health and social service programs to displaced Bosnian and Croatian children in private accommodations in Croatia. Utilizing Croatian staff and Bosnian volunteers, Prijatelj operates two community centers for youth and families. The centers offer a safe and structured environment in which both displaced people and the members of their host communities can participate in activities designed to normalize their lives and prepare them for uncertain futures. The Prijatelj program also offers leadership training and skills development for local professionals. Local staff are currently in the process of assuming all authority and responsibility for the project's work as they form their own non-governmental organization (NGO). IRSA headquarters is guiding that process and exploring possibilities for replication of the project in Bosnia. INTERNATIONAL AID US Contact: Jerry Kitchel Director of Communications Tel: 616-846-7490 Fax: 616-846-3842 17011 West Hickory E-mail: [email protected] Spring Lake, MI 49456 International Aid has been providing emergency aid to victims of Bosnia's war for nearly four years. Major shipments of blankets, food, medical supplies and medicine, valued at over $5 million, have been sent to war zones in Sarajevo and Mostar, refugee camps in Tuzla and Mejugorje, and hospitals in Osijek and Zenica. In the fall of 1995, International Aid staff were directly involved in the delivery and distribution of over 7,000 pounds of broad-spectrum antibiotics to key hospitals in Split, Croatia and Mostar, Bosnia. International Aid is developing plans to restore the emergency and surgical units of the Kosovo Hospital in Sarajevo. Additionally, a major campaign will be mounted to raise funds for relief, medical and rehabilitation assistance. INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION US Contact: Croatia Contact: Mitzi Schroeder Dale Buscher Tel: 202-393-2904 Tel: 011-385-1-277-956 Fax: 202-393-2908 Fax: 011-385-1-420-141 1319 F Street, NW Berislaviceva 11 Washington, DC 20004 41000 Zagreb, Croatia On behalf of all the US resettlement agencies, the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) operates the US Refugee Processing Program Office in Zagreb, which assists refugees throughout Croatia who are seeking resettlement in the US. ICMC's Cultural Orientation Program provides pre-arrival training to refugees approved for resettlement in the US. ICMC is currently developing programs that will help reintegrate refugees and displaced persons within Bosnia. It is fostering cooperation between Bosnians, Croats and Serbs through community harmonization programs that are based on joint economic development activities and assistance to displaced women. ICMC also supports the material assistance programs run by its affiliate, Caritas Croatia. INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS US Contact: Zenica Contact: Karen Gerst Tel: 011-387-72-413-129 Tel: 310-826-7800 Tel/Fax: 011-387-72-415-201 Fax: 310-442-6622 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Bulevar Kralja Tvrtka 17 12233 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 280 72000 Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tuzla Contact: Bihac Contact: Croatia Contact: Tel/Fax: 011-387-75-821-169 Tel/Fax: 011-387-77-229-077 Tel: 011-385-21-589-218 Tel/Fax: 011-385-21-514-655 Rudarski Institute Poliklinika Bihac E-mail: [email protected] Soba 47 Soba 95 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia 77000 Bihac, Bosnia Put Brodarice 6, Ured 5 21000 Split, Croatia International Medical Corps (IMC) has been operating in Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1993. It established the first Western-style emergency department in Central Bosnia at Zenica Hospital; launched emergency immunization campaigns in Zenica, Tuzla, Bihac, Gorazde and outlying areas; and initiated one of the first child mental-health programs in the region. The scope of IMC's emergency programs has grown steadily, to meet the many challenges of this war-ravaged nation. Its medical and logistical teams have conducted the following emergency relief and training activities: Emergency Department Program: IMC has developed an emergency department at the Zenica Hospital in Central Bosnia, which includes a four-year training program for Bosnian doctors and nurses in all aspects of emergency care. Since 1993, IMC volunteer physicians have trained more than 500 Bosnian health professionals. More than 1,000 patients are served by the emergency care facilities each month. IMC is now working to integrate the emergency medical specialization into Bosnia's medical training program at Sarajevo University. Emergency Immunization Program: In collaboration with UNICEF, IMC is conducting emergency immunization campaigns and training programs in Tuzla, Bihac and Gorazde, and plans to expand the program to Mostar, Sarajevo and other regions. Since 1994, IMC has vaccinated more than 340,000 children and women in the Zenica/Tuzla area, and has trained 545 Bosnian doctors and nurses in emergency immunization techniques. Child Mental Health Program: IMC implemented this program in 1994 to provide counseling and therapeutic activities to war-traumatized Bosnian children, while at the same time training young Bosnian medical students as mental health workers. Since the program began, IMC has provided mental health support for nearly 600 displaced Bosnian children. With the agency's assistance, IMC-trained mental health workers have created their own independent NGO, Sezam, which recently began a new therapeutic cycle for 300 of the displaced Bosnian children. INTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES US Contact: Serbia Contact: Elaine Klugh Dean Triantafilou Tel: 410-243-9820 Tel: 011-381-11-332-375 Fax: 410-243-9824 Fax: 011-381-11-332-706 711 West 40th St., Suite 306 Palmoticeva 24/1 Baltimore, MD 21211 11000 Belgrade, Serbia International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has worked extensively through the diocesan structures of the Serbian Orthodox Church to reach vulnerable populations in need of the most basic food and non- food relief supplies. IOCC also coordinates with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the European Community Task Force, World Food Programme and others to provide relief in UN-protected areas in Bosnia and in Serb-held territories. Ongoing assistance has included the delivery of food, infant formula, hygiene materials, medicines and medical supplies to individuals and institutions throughout the region. This past summer, IOCC provided humanitarian assistance to Serb refugees during their flight from Krajina to Serbian-held areas of Bosnia and Serbia. The agency then provided food and supplies to the refugee centers that welcomed them. IOCC is also providing Belgrade hospitals with infant formula, OB/GYN kits, leukemia treatments, mental health kits and general medical supplies. The agency also distributes and monitors donated medicines and medical supplies for use throughout the region. In Bosnia, IOCC delivered almost 4,000 hygiene parcels to Gorazde and Serbian areas of Bosnia. ***** INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC) US Contact: Sarajevo Contact: Donna Thompson Mark Bartolini Tel: 212-551-3029 Tel/Fax: 011-387-71-440-030 Fax: 212-551-3183 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 122 East 42nd Street, 12th Floor Strosmajerova 312 New York, NY 10168-1289 Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia-Herzegovina Zagreb Contact: Tuzla Contact: William Carlos Kurt Tjossem Tel: 011-385-41-4512-714 Tel/Fax: 011-387-75-821-176 Fax: 011-385-41-4511-243 Husinska Rudara BB Iblerov Trg 9, Kat II 7500 Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina 41 000 Zagreb, Croatia IRC was the first US organization on the scene in the former Yugoslavia, and has been helping victims of the fighting in Bosnia since 1992. It has country offices in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia. IRC's activities in the former Yugoslavia include reconstruction projects - — upgrading buildings and service infrastructure (water, gas, etc.) — the provision of emergency relief supplies, medical and mental health programs, distribution of food and seeds (some 50 million pounds to date) and special care for war- injured children. IRC is also responsible for processing Bosnian refugees seeking resettlement in the US. As much as possible, IRC designs its programs to encourage self-sufficiency and local development, and stimulates local economies by arranging for relief supplies to be manufactured locally. In Bosnia, IRC has: contracted with local firms to rehabilitate public buildings for use as shelter, repairing windows, installing extra toilets, sinks and showers, and restoring gas and water service. spent $10.5 million to improve Sarajevo's natural gas system, and installed two supplementary water purification units and a pumping system that supplies water to 150,000 city residents. The agency also contracted with Sarajevo Gas to install 10,000 underground gas distribution fixtures and to replace unsafe connections in 5,000 homes. IRC also restored Sarajevo's hot-water distribution network. distributed coal and fuel oil to hospitals, collective centers and public kitchens, and has repaired gas lines in Sarajevo and Mostar. carried out three winterization programs that provide supplies such as stoves, solid fuels, blankets, clothing, and children's boots. Last winter, some 180,000 people benefited from the program. implemented several public health programs. including rat control, trash collection and distribution of sanitation supplies and lice and scabies medicines. IRC has also addressed the psychological stresses of war in Sarajevo through a local organization called Corridor, which established eight mental-health counseling centers in the hardest hit communities in Sarajevo. IRC is helping Croatia cope with the strain of providing for 400,000 refugees and displaced persons. It hires local construction workers and engineers to repair and improve the collective centers and private homes that house refugees, and has given special attention to the needs of refugee women and children. IRC helps the refugees deal with war trauma through a network of 30 community-based mental health centers in Croatia and 10 in Bosnia. By providing medicine and financial support to a children's hospital and rehabilitation project in Zagreb, IRC has made it possible to treat sick and war-injured children in Croatia rather than evacuating them to western Europe or the US. A Zagreb-based IRC project is also working to reunite the 15,000 Bosnian children who have become separated from their families. So far, the program has located almost 2,500 children. IRC is also working in Serbia and Montenegro, where it has coordinated the distribution of food to 560,000 refugees and 160,000 other people at risk, as well as procured and distributed drugs and spare parts for health care equipment. Refugee Resettlement: IRC operates a joint resettlement processing program, based in Zagreb, on behalf of ten private agencies involved in refugee resettlement in the US. Bosnians interested in resettling in the US can apply for admission at the IRC office, where they receive help in filling out the proper forms and documenting their claims to refugee status. Applications are then reviewed by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, and those granted admission are assigned to one of the resettlement agencies. IRC helped resettle approximately 1,300 Bosnians in 1994 alone. ISLAMIC AFRICAN RELIEF AGENCY/USA (IARA) US Contact: Croatia Contact: Elizabeth Miller Dr. Amin Mahmoud Tel: 314-443-0166 Tel: 011-385-1-329-993 Fax: 314-443-5975 Fax: 011-385-1-339-811 E-mail: iara [email protected] PO Box 7084 ISRA 201 East Cherry, Suite D Nova Cesta-89A Columbia, MO 65205 41000 Zagreb, Croatia IARA's partner organization, the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), is involved in a variety of activities in Bosnia: reconstructing damaged schools; helping students prepare for a return to school; publishing schoolbooks and texts; opening a rehabilitation center to provide new employment skills for traumatized war victims, rape victims and the handicapped; sponsoring medical staff in Bosnia; and providing material aid to refugees from Srebrenica. IARA has also been involved in providing food, medicine, clothing and other relief. It has established an intensive care unit in Tushan and is running a primary school and health clinic in Kalysea with the help of the local government. With financial backing from the Islamic Circle of North America, ISRA started the Rehabilitation and Transit Center Project in Split, Croatia to assist people in urgent need of medical care and to provide shelter for Bosnians who could not be accommodated by Croatian hospitals. Through a sponsorship program, IARA/USA has matched 150 orphans with sponsors. LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF US Contact: Croatia Contact: Jonathan Frerichs Hermina Nilolaisen Tel: 212-532-6350, x385 Tel/Fax: 011-385-31-25825 Fax: 212-213-6081 E-mail: [email protected] Osijek, Croatia 390 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Through its local partner, the Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Relief is helping displaced and refugee populations in northern and central Bosnia and eastern and central Croatia, in the cities of Tuzla, Bihac, Osijek, Banja Luka and Vukovar. Aid to Tuzla and Bihac includes food parcels for teachers and seeds and fertilizers for farmers. Other L WR-supported relief and rehabilitation projects include feeding programs for schools and elderly refugees, refugee housing, and repairs for war-damaged schools and homes. LWR is also supporting refugees from the former Yugoslavia who are now in Hungary. The agency recently sent to them a sixth shipment of clothing, quilts, health kits, school kits, baby layettes and other materials. LWR support for refugees in the former Yugoslavia since 1992 totals $4.2 million. MAP INTERNATIONAL US Contacts: Mike Nyenhuis or Marcy Amerson Tel: 912-265-6010 Fax: 912-265-6170 2200 Glynco Parkway E-mail: [email protected] Brunswick, GA 31521 MAP International has provided hospitals, clinics and refugee centers in the former Yugoslavia with medicine and medical supplies valued at more than $30 million. MAP's recent medical shipments to Bosnia include IV sets, $4.9 million work of Dynabac antibiotics, other medicines and hospital supplies. In Croatia, MAP is helping resupply hospitals in Osijek, Split, Dubrovnik and Gospic with medicine and equipment. Under an agreement with Mercy Corps, MAP is also conducting health training in Kosovo for obstetricians, pediatricians and general practitioners. MERCY CORPS INTERNATIONAL US Contact: Croatia Contact: Melissa Rose Terry Heselius Tel: 503-242-1032, x238 Tel: 011-385-1-417-449 Fax: 503-796-6843 Fax: 011-385-1-417-478 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 3030 SW First Avenue Iblerov Trg 9/3, Room 67 Portland, OR 97201-4796 Zagreb 41000, Croatia Through programs in Bosnia and Kosovo, Mercy Corps International is helping more than 500,000 people affected by the ongoing civil strife in the former Yugoslavia. Mercy Corps was awarded $4.9 million from the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to expand its programs. Bosnia: Mercy Corps currently has a team of senior officials in Bosnia working to assess needs and plan innovative programs that will strengthen the Bosnian Federation. To support the peace plan, Mercy Corps will use its expertise in linking democracy-building initiatives to humanitarian assistance. In collaboration with its partner agency, Scottish European Aid (SEA), Mercy Corps is already working in the regions around Tuzla, Zenica and Mostar to provide essential medicines and supplies to set up rural diagnostics laboratories; distribute powdered detergent, liquid soap and hygiene parcels to promote proper hygiene; repair damaged water systems; and repair local infrastructure and provide shelter. Kosovo and Montenegro: Mercy Corps has been working in Kosovo since 1993, where it provides food, medicines and medical equipment, clothing and blankets, plastic sheeting and sleeping pads, and offers microenterprise opportunities. Through its partnership with the Mother Theresa Society, Mercy Corps provides assistance to more than 57,000 families. Mercy Corps also assists some 8,000 families in Montenegro, distributing food, baby packs and hygiene supplies to those living in extreme poverty. OPERATION USA US Contact: Richard Walden 8320 Melrose Avenue Tel: 213-658-8876 Suite 200 Fax: 213-653-7846 Los Angeles. CA 90069 Since 1992, Operation USA has shipped $2.4 million worth of medical supplies and pharmaceuticals to Bosnia and Croatia. In its most recent shipments, this past spring and summer, Operation USA sent approximately $50,000 in supplies to Croatia and $700,000 in supplies to Bosnia. The materials were received and distributed by a variety of UN agencies, area hospitals and partner agencies in the region. Operation USA is currently working with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to determine needs and arrange additional shipments for early 1996. SAVE THE CHILDREN US Contact: Croatia Contact: Joan Ablett Jim Nuttall Tel: 203-221-4187 Tel: 011-385-21-355-408 Fax: 203-222-1067 Fax: 011-385-21-587-310 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 54 Wilton Road Fausta Vrancica 19, PO Box 387 Westport, CT 06880 21000 Split, Croatia Working with parents and communities, Save the Children has established 275 preschools in the former Yugoslavia, which are currently serving 7,500 Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian children. These innovative, self-help preschools help address the emotional and psychological needs of war-weary children aged three to seven years. Designed by a team of education experts, the program involves parents in finding suitable sites for the preschools and recruits them to serve as volunteer assistants, thereby helping to rebuild a sense of community. Save the Children provides seed money to launch the preschools and train teachers; the schools then operate independently. All programs are designed so that they can be replicated and sustained. UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF US Contact: Bosnia/Croatia Contact: Lloyd Rollins Dirk Van Gorp Tel: 212-870-3809 Tel: 011-385-21-651-983 Fax: 212-870-3949 E-mail: [email protected] 475 Riverside Drive Split, Croatia Room 1374 New York, NY 10115 The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is committed to life-sustaining emergency relief programs, community service programs that rebuild traumatized lives, and re-development projects that help communities rebuild from the devastation of war. In Bosnia, UMCOR provides essential pharmaceuticals; offers medical, occupational and psychological rehabilitation of war-injured persons; supports cottage industry enterprises that benefit vulnerable persons; helps rebuild war-damaged housing and community structures; and helps return and repatriate refugees and displaced persons. Support for UMCOR's projects in the former Yugoslavia comes from United Methodists worldwide. UMCOR also works in cooperative partnerships with US government agencies, the United Nations, World Council of Churches, NGOs and a variety of other agencies. ***** US COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF US Contact: Former Yugoslavia Contact: Ingrid Acevedo Brigitte Duchesne Tel: 212-922-2565 Tel: 011-385-1-233-2610 or 233-6222 Fax: 212-779-1679 E-mail: [email protected] Zagreb, Croatia 333 East 38th Street New York, NY 10016 UNICEF is responding to the survival needs of children and women in the former Yugoslavia through primary health care, immunization, nutrition, water and hygiene programs. It is also providing basic education for children and young women. In Bosnia, UNICEF is helping feed particularly vulnerable populations, immunize children and ensure clean water and adequate sanitation. The agency is also helping train professionals in the treatment of traumatized children. In Croatia, UNICEF is focusing its assistance on the cities of Dubrovnik, Osijek and Vinkovici, where it is providing health supplies and equipment. supplementary food, infant and hygiene parcels, and basic education supplies. It is also providing vitamin supplements to prevent micro-nutrient deficiencies, carrying out vaccination programs, and promoting breastfeeding; providing materials to help five hospitals become "baby-friendly." The agency is also developing plans to offer landmine awareness training. In the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, UNICEF is making available acute respiratory infection kits, hospital kits and oral rehydration salts; training health workers to respond to respiratory infections and diarrheal diseases; and supporting immunization. breastfeeding and other childhood health care. UNICEF is also providing training for 600 psychologists, 120 school administrators and 50 pediatricians to identify and treat stress and trauma among children in primary schools. UNICEF is also conducting an immunization campaign and maternal and child health programs in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. WORLD CONCERN US Contact: Christy Gardner Tel: 206-546-7287 19303 Fremont Avenue North Fax: 206-546-7269 Seattle, WA 98133 With the help of local schools, churches and businesses, World Concern collected more than 2,000 "Kid Packs" filled with hygiene supplies for Bosnian refugee children and their families. The supplies were airlifted to Bosnia in November and distributed to refugees in Tuzla and Bihac by World Concern's partner agency, Agape Relief. WORLD RELIEF US Contact: Linda Keys Tel: 708-665-0236, x202 Fax: 708-665-0129 PO Box WRC E-mail: [email protected] Wheaton, IL 60187 Since 1991, World Relief has helped provide more than $1 million worth of emergency food, medical supplies and shelter to displaced people in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia. Most recently, this work includes providing emergency food and medicines to displaced people arriving in Tuzla and Mostar, Bosnia; food and bedding materials to refugees arriving in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Backi Petrovac, Yugoslavia; hot meals to refugees in Osijek, Croatia; and counseling and rehabilitation services to war orphans and rape victims in Crkvenica and Celse, Croatia. World Relief is the international assistance arm of the National Association of Evangelicals. WORLD VISION US Contacts: Pagers: Melinda Wood 800-SKYTEL2 (PIN: 191-8763) 220 I Street, NE Kathleen Brown 800-SKY8888 (PIN: 824-7304) Suite 270 Sara Anderson 800-SKYPAGE (PIN: 922-3292) Washington, DC 20002 Tel: 202-547-3743 World Vision has been working in the former Yugoslavia since 1992, and has committed over $8 million in assistance — including $5.6 million in gift-in-kind commodity donations. Currently, World Vision is working in both emergency relief and long-term interventions. World Vision is providing assistance in Tuzla, Zenica. Mostar, Zepec, Fojnica and Bihac. World Vision has an office in Zenica, which oversees its operations in the region, and it has just opened an office in Sarajevo. In addition to food and medical assistance, the agency has initiated a mobile "reconciliation" team that trains teachers and community leaders in counseling and trauma relief, facilitates women's self- help groups and supports multi-ethnic work projects. A winterization program, which will focus on the needs of senior citizens is being launched in Sarajevo this winter. Spokespeople in Bosnia can be reached through the above contacts in the Washington, DC office. **** — END -

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