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The United States set three global targets for the September 20, 2016 Summit: increasing humanitarian assistance by 30 percent over 2015; doubling the number of refugees resettled and admitted globally; and increasing the number of refugees with access to school and legal employment by one million each.

The United States is committed to supporting greater World Bank engagement in protracted and recurrent crises and the World Bank's intent to establish a Global Crisis Response Platform. The Platform would support countries facing exogenous shocks, including large refugee populations. It would help countries in strengthening safety nets and improving livelihood opportunities for affected populations, and in alleviating strains on infrastructure and social services.

The United States helped catalyze global efforts to address forced displacement through active participation in the preparations for and proceedings of the Secretary General's high-level meeting on large movements of refugees and migrants on September 19 and convening a Leaders Summit on Refugees on September 20 aimed at galvanizing new and significant commitments from governments related to humanitarian financing, refugee resettlement and admissions, and increasing refugees self-reliance and inclusion.

The United States commits to work to support all five of the WHS core commitments on 'Women and Girls: Catalyzing Action to Achieve Gender Equality' through strategic funding, targeted partnerships, public advocacy, and creative and effective diplomacy.

For more than 20 years, the United States has provided advanced training in disaster response to urban search-and-rescue (USAR) teams across Latin America, including teams that deployed to assist with the April 2016 Ecuador earthquake response. Consistent with such practices the United States is committed to build the capacity of local and national responders for disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response.

The United States anticipates increasing use of cash and it commits to working [with other donors and implementers] towards common coordination and delivery platforms, as part of the Grand Bargain.

As part of the Grand Bargain, the United States supports joint needs analysis, and prioritized, comprehensive humanitarian appeals as well as planning mechanisms that promote the reduction of humanitarian need and more coherent programming between humanitarian and development assistance, particularly in situations of cyclical crises or protracted displacement and where resilience can be increased or protracted displacement addressed. The United States supports increased joint assessments, analysis and prioritization of needs, including by allocating some humanitarian assistance through humanitarian country-based pooled funding mechanisms.

The United States commits to continue to support the distinct requirements and modalities of humanitarian and development action.

The United States is committed to establishing a crisis review mechanism to support better collaboration and planning between humanitarian and development actors in situations of protracted or recurrent crises.

For more than 20 years, the United States has provided advanced training in disaster response to urban search-and-rescue (USAR) teams across Latin America, including teams that deployed to assist with the April 2016 Ecuador earthquake response. Consistent with such practices the United States is committed to build the capacity of local and national responders for disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response.

In 2016, the United States committed to funding early warning, resilience, preparedness, mitigation and prevention, stabilization, peacebuilding and other efforts to mitigate the risk of humanitarian suffering from conflict and vulnerability to natural hazards.

The United States is committed to supporting greater World Bank engagement in protracted and recurrent crises and the World Bank's intent to establish a Global Crisis Response Platform. The Platform would support countries facing exogenous shocks, including large refugee populations. It would help countries in strengthening safety nets and improving livelihood opportunities for affected populations, and in alleviating strains on infrastructure and social services.

In FY 2015 a total of 14% of United States' overseas humanitarian funding was "softly earmarked" in the sense that this term is used in the Grand Bargain. The United States commits to working to increase the percentage of its funding that is "softly earmarked" and actively working to decrease the percentage of its funding that significantly limits partners' flexibility. U.S. efforts on this issue are largely dependent on fulfillment of other commitments in the Grand Bargain.

The United States set three global targets for the September 20, 2016 Summit: increasing humanitarian assistance by 30 percent over 2015; doubling the number of refugees resettled and admitted globally; and increasing the number of refugees with access to school and legal employment by one million each.

The United States funds its partners reliably and in a timely manner, including through multi-year agreements. An estimated 34% of FY 2015 US humanitarian awards to NGO partners were in multiyear awards, and it commits to increasingly solicit and fund multi-year proposals, and collaborate with partners to increase the effectiveness and flexibility of multiyear mechanisms as part of the Grand Bargain.

As part of the Grand Bargain, the United States supports joint needs analysis, and prioritized, comprehensive humanitarian appeals as well as planning mechanisms that promote the reduction of humanitarian need and more coherent programming between humanitarian and development assistance, particularly in situations of cyclical crises or protracted displacement and where resilience can be increased or protracted displacement addressed. The United States supports increased joint assessments, analysis and prioritization of needs, including by allocating some humanitarian assistance through humanitarian country-based pooled funding mechanisms.

In FY 2015 a total of 14% of United States' overseas humanitarian funding was "softly earmarked" in the sense that this term is used in the Grand Bargain. The United States commits to working to increase the percentage of its funding that is "softly earmarked" and actively working to decrease the percentage of its funding that significantly limits partners' flexibility. U.S. efforts on this issue are largely dependent on fulfillment of other commitments in the Grand Bargain.

The United States anticipates increasing use of cash and it commits to working [with other donors and implementers] towards common coordination and delivery platforms, as part of the Grand Bargain.

The United States commits to continue to support the distinct requirements and modalities of humanitarian and development action.

The United States is committed to joint regular functional monitoring and performance reviews and increasing joint evaluations with other donors, as part of the Grand Bargain.