For example, in March 2012, the Secretary of State issued Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality toAchieve our National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator released Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.
Any instance of surging security sector assistance to meet unforeseen urgent and emergent needs or opportunities should be incorporated into a broader United States Government strategy to sustain any new capacity, mitigate potential negative impacts on other national securityobjectives, and achieve longer-term U.S. goals and objectives.
She said it was "widely accepted" that the current policy had failed toachieve its objectives and told MPs it was essential that a reformed policy addressed the issue of food security.