Sec. 101. Humanitarian principles
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United States humanitarian assistance to address the Syrian conflict shall be conducted in accordance with the following principles: The central purpose of humanitarian assistance is to save lives, alleviate human suffering, and protect vulnerable populations wherever possible. Humanitarian assistance should be impartial, based solely on and in proportion to need, without discrimination between or within affected populations, and without regard to the political views, national origin, or religious affiliation of the beneficiaries.
Humanitarian assistance should be neutral, without furthering a political or religious agenda or favoring any side in an armed conflict or other dispute where such humanitarian assistance is carried out. Humanitarian assistance should be independent, without regard to the political, economic, military, or other objectives that any actor may hold in relation to the affected areas and populations. Humanitarian assistance should be undertaken in accordance with international human rights law, international humanitarian law, refugee law, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
Humanitarian assistance includes protection of affected populations from physical harm, persecution, exploitation, abuse, family separation, sexual and gender-based violence, forcible recruitment, and other threats to human rights. To best ensure impartiality, neutrality, independence, and the appearance thereof, humanitarian assistance should be carried out by intergovernmental and nongovernmental international humanitarian organizations, in partnership with local communities and indigenous organizations.
To promote learning, accountability, transparency, and the efficient use of resources, the United States should support independent monitoring and evaluation of all humanitarian assistance.