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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2152j–3 Consultation and collaboration

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part Part I— - Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations › § 2152j–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator can make rules or take steps so U.S. staff overseas talk with local groups, including women, youth, ethnic and religious minorities, and other politically under‑represented or marginalized people. They must do this to help prevent, reduce, or solve violent conflict and to make mediation and negotiation work better by ensuring women participate meaningfully. The Secretary of State should work with international, regional, national, and local organizations to get more women into international peacekeeping. The Secretary should also promote training for peacekeepers so they have the knowledge and skills to keep people safe and to support real participation by women in preventing conflict and building peace.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2152j–3

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development may establish guidelines or take other steps to ensure overseas United States personnel of the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development, as the case may be, consult with appropriate stakeholders, including local women, youth, ethnic, and religious minorities, and other politically under-represented or marginalized populations, regarding United States efforts to—
(1)prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; and
(2)enhance the success of mediation and negotiation processes by ensuring the meaningful participation of women.
(b)The Secretary of State should work with international, regional, national, and local organizations to increase the meaningful participation of women in international peacekeeping operations, and should promote training that provides international peacekeeping personnel with the substantive knowledge and skills needed to ensure effective physical security and meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and peace building.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2152j–3

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73