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108 STAT. 460 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 ally guaranteed human rights in Burma and do not benefit the State Law and Order Restoration Ck>uncil (SLORC) military regime. (3) Of the funds made available for United Nations Development Program and United Nations Development Program— Administered Funds for fiscal year 1995, $27,600,000 may be available only if the President certifies to the Congress thal^ (A) the United Nations Development Program has approved or initiated no new programs and no new funding for existing programs in or for Burma since the United Nations Development Program Governing Council (Executive Board) meeting ofJune 1993, (B) such programs address unforeseen urgent humanitarian concerns, or (C) a democratically elected government in Burma has agreed to such programs. TITLE V—FOREIGN POLICY PART A—GENERAL PROVISIONS 22 USC 2601 SEC. SOI. UNITED STATES POLICY CONCERNING OVERSEAS ASSIST- ^°^- ANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS. (a) STANDARDS FOR REFUGEE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. —The United States Government, in providing for overseas assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons, shall seek to address the protection and provision of basic needs of refugee women and children who represent 80 percent of the world's refugee population. As called for in the 1991 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) "Guidelines on the Protection of Refugee Women", whether directly, or through international organizations and nongovernmental voluntary organizations, the Secretary of State shall seek to ensure— (1) specific attention on the part of the United Nations and reliei organizations to recruit and employ femcde protection officers; (2) implementation of gender awareness training for field staff including, but not limited to, security personnel; (3) the protection of refugee women and children from violence and other abuses on the part of governments or insurgent groups; (4) full involvement of women refugees in the planning and implementation of (A) the delivery of services and assistance, and (B) the repatriation process; (5) incorporation of maternal and child health needs into refugee health services and education, specifically to include education on and access to services in reproductive health and birth spacing; (6) the availability of counseling and other services, grievance processes, and protective services to victims of violence and abuse, including but not limited to rape and domestic violence; (7) the provision of educational programs, particularly literacy and numeracy, vocational and income-generation skills training, and other training efforts promoting self-sufficiency^