STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT

For Immediate Release Thursday, August 6, 2015 USAID Press Office

On January 26, 2015, USAID imposed a suspension on IRD and issued a press release asserting that

USAID had made certain findings regarding IRDs financial controls, management, and lack of present

responsibility. On June 22, 2015 USAID lifted the suspension. On August 3, 2015, the U.S. District Court

for the District of Columbia issued an Order requiring USAID to declare that USAIDs suspension of IRD is

void ab initio (null and void from its commencement). USAID has nullified and vacated its suspension of

IRD, and accordingly has retracted all findings on which it was based. Therefore, IRD should be

considered as never having been suspended, and USAID retracts any statements asserting that the

suspension of IRD was appropriate and validly imposed.