Ua hōʻole ʻo USAID i ka hōʻino ʻana i ka leka a i ʻole ka manaʻo o ke kānāwai US e pili ana i ke kōkua iā Burma ma ke kālā ʻana i ka ASEAN Competitiveness Enhancement (ACE) Project, e like me ka luna hoʻomalu kamaʻilio o ke keʻena, ʻo Hal Lipper. Ua pane ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo US Campaign ma Burma e ʻōlelo ana e hoʻokūkū ʻia ka papahana e nā senators a pono paha e loiloi ʻia.
Ma mua o ka mahina, ua haʻi ʻo Jennifer Quigley i ka US Campaign for Burma advocacy director, ʻo Jennifer Quigley, i ka TTR Weekly: "I koʻu ʻike, ua ʻike ʻo Congress i kēia papahana, a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e koi lākou iā USAID e hoʻololi i ka papahana ma muli o kēia. uhaki.”
Ua waiho ʻia nā nīnau me nā senador US e ʻimi ana i ka wehewehe ʻana i ka hewa i ʻōlelo ʻia i nā lula hoʻopaʻi e pili pono ana i nā papahana USAID.
Ke manaʻo nei ka papahana ACE he $8 miliona e kūkulu i ka hoʻokūkū pāʻoihana ma nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā lole lole o ASEAN. Ma kahi o, US $4 miliona o ka ACE budget 2008 a 2013 e hele i kahi hoʻolaha hoʻolaha mākaʻikaʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo "Southeast Asia: Feel the warmth" i kūkulu ʻia a puni kahi pūnaewele mea kūʻai aku e alakaʻi i nā puke mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻāina 10 o ASEAN, kahi o Myanmar. he lala.
ʻO ka blurb kūhelu ma ka pūnaewele puni honua i kākoʻo ʻia e USAID www.Southeastasia.org (About US) e hōʻike ana i ka poʻe i pōmaikaʻi i ka hoʻolaha e like me: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, a me Vietnam.
Ua ʻike ʻo Mr. Lipper i ka mea i loaʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻano ʻole a ʻano ʻike ʻole ʻia ʻo "Southeast Asia."
"ʻAʻole a hoʻolaha ʻo ACE Project i ka mākaʻikaʻi i Burma. Hoʻolaha ka ACE Project i ka mākaʻikaʻi i Asia Hema ma ke ʻano he ʻāina, "wahi āna. "ʻO ASEAN, ma ke ʻano o kāna hoʻolālā hoʻohui waiwai, ua noi ʻo USAID e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi. ʻO ka hoʻolālā o ASEAN e hoʻolaha i ka mākaʻikaʻi i Asia Hema.
ʻO ka ʻenehana, ʻaʻole ʻo ʻAsia Hikina Hema kahi wehewehe pololei o nā palena o ka papahana no ka mea aia i loko o ka ʻāina ʻo East Timor a me Papua New Guinea, ʻoiai ʻo ASEAN e kākoʻo i nā hana e hoʻokele i ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻāina lālā he 10 wale nō. ʻO kāna koi ʻana ʻaʻole hoʻolaha ka papahana USAID iā Burma e kūʻē i ka ʻike hoʻoponopono o ka pūnaewele i loaʻa iā 108 mau kuhikuhi i ka ʻāina, i uku ʻia ma o ka waihona kālā ACE.
Ma mua, ua hoʻopau ʻo US Campaign for Burma: "ʻO ka ʻuhane o [US Burma sanctions] ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i nā kālā ʻAmelika mai ka lima o ke aupuni Burmese. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Burmese, ʻaʻole ia he kikoʻī e manaʻo e pōmaikaʻi ke aupuni i ke kālā.
"Eia kekahi, ʻo ke kānāwai US e hoʻokele ana pehea e hiki ai i ka US ke hoʻolilo i ke kālā aupuni he mau alakaʻi maopopo no ka hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e USAID i nā kālā e pili ana iā Burma, a e kūʻē kēia papahana USAID i kēlā mau alakaʻi."
Ma kāna mau palapala ponoʻī, wehewehe ʻo ACE ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka papahana e paipai i ka poʻe huakaʻi e kipa aku i ʻelua a ʻekolu paha ma mua o ka ʻāina hoʻokahi ma ke kaiāulu ASEAN.
Ma ke ʻano he wahi huakaʻi liʻiliʻi loa i ka bloc, kū ʻo Myanmar i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai nui mai ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o USAID, ʻoi aku ka ʻenehana. Loaʻa i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe nā pūnaewele maʻalahi e alakaʻi i nā puke mākaʻikaʻi ma o nā hui hoa. ʻO Myanmar kahi i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka mākaʻikaʻi ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike pūnaewele a he liʻiliʻi inā ʻike ʻia nā ʻōnaehana uku palekana i ka honua. Hoʻoponopono ka pūnaewele hou i kēia mau pilikia.
Ua ʻae ʻo Mr. Lipper he mau palena i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ka papahana ma Myanmar, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lilo mālama hale e like me nā koina huakaʻi a me nā diems. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua hoʻoholo ke aupuni US e kākoʻo iā ASEAN, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Burma ma ke ʻano he lālā. E like me nā papahana kākoʻo ASEAN ʻē aʻe, pale mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua iā Burma ma ka uku ʻole ʻana i nā koina kikoʻī Burma.
Ua hōʻole ka papahana ACE i ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā lilo huakaʻi o kahi hui e mākaʻikaʻi ana i nā ʻāina he 10 e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻikepili no kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻolaha hōʻailona hōʻailona Hikina Hema, ke kākoʻo nei ʻo USAID i ka hana hou ʻana o ka pūnaewele mea kūʻai aku ʻo Greater Mekong Sub-region www.exploremekong.org e kālele ana i ka huakaʻi huakaʻi i kahi ʻāina ʻeono lālā - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, a me ʻelua panalāʻau o Kina (Yunnan a me Guangxi).
ʻO Exploremekong.org he kope kalapona o Southeastasia.org me ka mea hana hoʻopaʻa like a me nā pahuhopu pāʻoihana like.
Mai ka makahiki 1998, ʻōlelo ʻo USAID, ua kaupalena ʻia ke kālā i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke aupuni democracy ma Myanmar a me nā pūʻulu pro-democracy ma waho o Myanmar a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kōkua kanaka e like me ka mālama ola kino mua a me ke kākoʻo hoʻonaʻauao kumu i nā poʻe mahuka e noho ana ma nā kahua hoʻomoana o nā palena a me nā kōkua ulia pōpilikia i ka wā o ka makani ʻino Nargis.
