United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs

The Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is one of seven subcommittees of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs is responsible for United States relations with the countries of the Middle East and all of the countries of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt to Morocco. The subcommittee also oversees relations with the countries of South and Central Asia, corresponding to the jurisdiction of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs in the Department of State.

This subcommittee is also responsible for all matters within the regions under its jurisdiction with respect to terrorism and non-proliferation, crime and illicit narcotics, U.S. foreign assistance programs, and the promotion of U.S. trade and exports.

=Members, 110th Congress=

The Committee is chaired by Democrat John Kerry of Massachusetts, and the Ranking Minority member is Republican Norm Coleman of Minnesota.

ee also

U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

External links

* [http://foreign.senate.gov/ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]
*Senate Foreign Relations Committee [http://www.senate.gov/~foreign/jurisdiction.html/ Subcommittee jurisdiction]
* [http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newcommittee.cgi?lang=&commcode=sforeign_relations_near_east&site=congressmerge&address=&city=&state=&zipcode=&plusfour= Subcommittee page at Congress Merge.com]