Fund for Reconciliation and Development

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Fund for Reconciliation and Development - non-profit organization supporting efforts for reconciliation of the USA with Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Cuba and development of these countries. Established in 1985 as US-Indochina Reconciliation Project (USIRP), which developed from the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers) program.

The organization aims at reaching fully normal diplomatic, cultural, educational and economic relations of the United States with the above mentioned countries.

[edit] Latest projects

Mobilizing support for ratification of the trade agreement with Laos.
Sending observers to the Cambodian national election in July 2003.
Educating the American people and officials about the unmet moral responsibility for legacies of war such as Agent Orange.^[1]
Deepening and broadening relations of the US with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and forestall efforts to reverse them on human rights and trade protection grounds.
Initiating projects to bring to the US for training provincial level international cooperation staff and representatives of domestic NGOs and peoples organizations from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Mobilizing public and industry opinion to end restrictions on travel to Cuba.

Executive Director of FRD is John McAuliff.^[2]

Fund for Reconciliation and Development is financed by foundations, US and European government agencies, international organizations, and private donations.^[3]