You deliver a speech that the State Department distributes to foreign media outlets.

In it, you explain that the United States will continue to vigorously press for Mycan elections, which are essential to move the country towards a more equitable, democratic future for all its citizens. However, the need to ease human suffering must come first.

Foreign audiences are impressed with your eloquence. Polls show that 70% of people agree that providing aid to Myca’s people is the right thing to do, despite their dislike of the current regime.

You decide that the United States will contribute clean drinking water. Other donor countries consider what they will give. A local NGO, Open Classroom, wants to set up K–12 schools in the camps for displaced children. They ask you for assistance.

The U.S. Secretary of State put forward a powerful argument for pragmatism in humanitarian affairs.

— The Kyoto International Paper

The U.S. Secretary of State put into words a promise to circle back to the issue of Mycan democracy. I hope the State Department honors this commitment in the near future.

— U.S. Congressional Mycan Affairs Caucus

Providing education to displaced children is a vital but often overlooked aspect of humanitarian aid.

— UNICEF Director

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