Through the United Nations the United States has contributed funding and manpower to such humanitarian programs as UNICEF and the food and agricultural efforts which went to Bangladesh following the civil war of 1977 and now to the Sahel in Africa. We have also supported the U.N. Refugee Works Agency which has been a buffer to violence in the Middle East by providing vocational training and health assistance to the displaced populations there. The future promises more leadership from the United States in the international arena. Continuing negotiations on the number of troops in Europe (MBFR) and political questions in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) will one day bear fruit.