美国国际发展署
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华盛顿特区
2023年4月17日
 
新闻公告
美国将投入2000万美元以进一步提高向乌克兰政府提供的直接预算支持的透明度
 
随着普京继续对乌克兰发动残酷的全面入侵，美国仍然致力于确保乌克兰政府能够以高效和透明的方式为本国人民提供关键服务。美国政府正在增拨2000万美元，以进一步加强美国向乌克兰提供的直接预算支持中的监督和透明度。
 
美国国际发展署（USAID）今天宣布，这项国会批准的新资金将进一步加强对乌克兰政府管理援助资金的监督和问责，帮助为乌克兰的恢复重建奠定基础。
 
乌克兰政府依赖预算支持来继续为境内流离失所者提供紧急服务，并支持各机构的公职人员——从医护服务提供者和一线应急人员到教育工作者——为乌克兰人民提供关键服务。美国国际发展署在这种援助中建立了全面的、强有力的监督和问责，以监控资金的使用情况，并防止及打击腐败，从而确保资金达及需要帮助的乌克兰人。
 
美国通过美国国际发展署并与美国财政部（U.S. Department of the Treasury）协调，经由世界银行（World Bank）基于实际开支来向乌克兰政府提供直接预算支持，只有在世界银行核实了所申报的费用后才会支付资金。美国国际发展署还聘请德勤公司（Deloitte）与乌克兰财政部（Ministry of Finance）及其他乌克兰政府机构合作，就使用直接预算支持的有关规程进行审核及提出建议，并对这些资金的使用情况进行监督和报告。利用今天宣布增加提供的资金，美国国际发展署将通过继续开展由德勤公司管理的基本监督工作来扩展这些努力；通过电子支付系统和终端用户监控来提高乌克兰政府资金转账和支付的透明度和监督力度；并对直接预算支持付款新增聘请第三方独立审计。
 
上述宣布是在萨曼莎·鲍尔（Samantha Power）署长和财政部长珍妮特·耶伦（Janet Yellen）与乌克兰总理丹尼斯·施米哈尔（Denys Shmyhal）会晤之后做出的，他们在会晤中重申了问责制和透明度仍然是保护美国纳税人的税款并确保有关资金继续满足乌克兰人民的迫切需要的头等要务。
 
为乌克兰政府提供支持维护了《联合国宪章》（UN Charter）的原则，而且对确保乌克兰抵御俄罗斯无端、残酷的入侵至关重要。美国将继续与乌克兰人民站在一起，无论需要多长时间。
 
欲查看原稿内容: https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/apr-17-2023-united-states-will-invest-20-million-further-bolster-transparency-direct-budget-support-provided-government-ukraine
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The United States Will Invest $20 Million to Further Bolster Transparency in Direct Budget Support Provided to the Government of Ukraine
 

 
For Immediate Release
Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov
 
Press Release
 
 
As Putin’s brutal full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, the United States remains committed to ensuring the Government of Ukraine is able to deliver critical services to its people in an efficient and transparent manner. The U.S. government is allocating an additional $20 million to further enhance oversight and transparency in the direct budget support the U.S. provides to Ukraine.
 
Announced today by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), this new funding, which has been made possible by Congress, will further reinforce oversight and accountability of the Ukrainian government’s management of assistance funds that help lay the groundwork for Ukraine’s recovery.
 
The Ukrainian government relies on budget support to continue supplying emergency services for internally displaced persons and supporting public employees across institutions – from healthcare providers and first responders to education – who deliver critical services to the people of Ukraine. USAID has built a comprehensive and robust level of oversight and accountability into this assistance to monitor the use of funds and prevent and counter corruption to ensure funding reaches Ukrainians in need.
 
The United States, through USAID in coordination with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, provides direct budget support  to the Government of Ukraine through the World Bank on a reimbursement basis, where funding is disbursed only after expenses claimed have been verified by the World Bank. USAID has also engaged Deloitte to work with Ukraine’s Ministry of Finance and other Ukrainian government institutions to review and advise on protocols for the use of direct budget support and to oversee and report on the use of these funds. With the additional funds announced today, USAID will expand on these efforts by continuing the essential monitoring work managed by Deloitte; increase transparency and oversight of financial transfers and disbursements by Ukraine’s government through electronic payment systems and end-user monitoring; and procuring an additional third-party, independent audit of direct budget support payments.
 
This announcement follows Administrator Samantha Power and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen’s meetings with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, where they reaffirmed that accountability and transparency remain an utmost priority both to protect U.S. taxpayer dollars and to ensure the funds continue to meet the urgent needs of the Ukrainian people.
 
Bolstering the Government of Ukraine upholds the principles of the UN Charter and is critical for ensuring Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion. The United States will continue to stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.