Sources

Sources

The sources for the information contained in this brochure include the following documents:

For the full text of the Mexico City Policy restrictions, see U.S., USAID, Contract Information Bulletin, “Restoration of the Mexico City Policy—White House Memorandum for the Acting Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (Revised),” [CIB 01-08 (R)], 29 March 2001. Available on the USAID website here. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

For the comments of the White House in announcing the reinstatement of the policy, see U.S., Executive Office of the President, “Restoration of the Mexico City Policy,” (Statement by the White House Press Secretary), 22 January 2001. Available via the Internet on the White House website here.

For the full text of the standard provisions in USAID agreements with NGOs, see U.S., USAID, “Voluntary Population Planning (March 1999)” section (page 32) contained in “Mandatory Standard Provisions for Non-U.S., Nongovernmental Recipients.” Available via the Internet on the USAID website here. (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

For current legislative restrictions on USAID population assistance, see the FY 2006 Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, Public Law 109- 265.Available via the Internet on the U.S. Government Printing Office website here.

For an earlier interpretation of the restrictions that still guides USAID’s application of the current policy, see “Supplemental Deposition of Duff G. Gillespie” (Director of the USAID Office of Population) in Pathfinder Fund, et al., v.AID, 746 F.Supp. 192 (U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1990).

For the full text of the legislation authorizing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, see United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-25). Available on the U.S. Government Printing Office website here.

For the five-year strategy for U.S. HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care programs, see U.S., Department of State, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator,The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief—U.S. Five-Year Global HIV/AIDS Strategy, 23 February 2004. Available on the U.S. Department of State website here.

For information on USAID guidance with regard to the use of Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, see U.S., USAID, Guidance on the Definition and Use of the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, FY 2004 Update, June 2004. Available via the Internet on the USAID website here.

For specific policy guidance on U.S. HIV/AIDS funding eligibility, see U.S., USAID, Acquisition & Assistance Policy Directive, “Implementation of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003—Eligibility Limitation on the Use of Funds and Opposition to Prostitution and Sex Trafficking,” [AAPD 05-04 (Revised)], 9 June 2005. Available via the Internet on the USAID website here.

For information on USAID technical guidance with regard to linking family planning and HIV/AIDS activities, see U.S., USAID, Family Planning/HIV Integration—Technical Guidance for USAID-Supported Field Programs, September 2003. Available via the Internet on the USAID website here.

For official clarification of U.S. government restrictions affecting family planning assistance, organizations should write directly to:

Office of Population/Reproductive Health
Global Health Bureau
3rd Floor, RRB
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington, DC 20523-3600 USA

For copies of the documents quoted or referenced in this summary, for assistance in understanding current USAID policies, or to submit information on the experiences of organizations in implementing the Mexico City Policy, please write to:

Public Policy & Strategic Initiatives
Population Action International
1300 19th Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20036 USA
implement@popact.org

Other NGOs that may be able to furnish various types of assistance—informational, technical, legal or financial—to foreign NGOs struggling to interpret the policy and to make the decision whether to accept USAID family planning assistance with the provisions or to reject USAID family planning assistance because of the Mexico City Policy restrictions, include:

EngenderHealth
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Ipas
Pathfinder International