Senator McConnell threatens to cut U.S. funding to MDBs providing assistance to Burma

9 April 2004

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, delivered a statement yesterday in which he expressed concerns over MDBs' assistance to Burma and threatened to cut U.S. funding to such institutions.

Statement of Senator Mitch McConnell on State Department FY'05 Budget Request

For more information on Burma and the Multilateral Development Banks go to BIC's webpage on the

Status of Burma at the MDBs