1. At the same time, he announced that the United States was providing millions of dollars in additional relief and reconstruction aid for Palestinians. 2. Clinton and Chirac, however, agreed that Belgrade should not receive reconstruction aid as long as Milosevic remains in power. 3. Clinton repeated pledges of reconstruction aid for Albania, Macedonia and other nations that have borne the tide of refugees from Kosovo. 4. Compliance is to be a condition of continuing reconstruction aid. 5. In Europe, several leaders said they would be unwilling to provide any reconstruction aid to Yugoslavia while Milosevic remains in power. 6. International reconstruction aid should be channeled as quickly as possible into job-creating projects rebuilding housing, roads and bridges. 7. Most U.S. economic reconstruction aid will be disbursed in dozens of projects administered by the Agency for International Development. 8. Outsiders also need to keep the reconstruction aid flowing. 9. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, has taken a leading role in Congress in supporting long-term U.S. reconstruction aid and debt cancellation. 10. Significant reconstruction aid will also depend on the kind of government that finally emerges in Kabul. |
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