[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 14 (Friday, February 11, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: February 11, 1994]
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     URGING THE ADMINISTRATION TO PRESS FOR U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL 
                      INVOLVEMENT IN SUDAN CRISIS

  (Mr. WOLF asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, the cries of suffering in Sudan are finally 
making the front pages of the paper, but only because the crisis has 
just become far greater than the world can ignore.
  The Sudanese Government has launched what many are calling its final 
offensive against the south, causing 100,000 refugees to flee to Uganda 
and leaving 2 million at risk of starvation as most relief operations 
are forced to curtail their life-giving relief work. This desperate 
situation fulfills the December prophesy of a long-term relief worker 
about the aftermath of such an offensive:

       It is most probable that virtually all Operation Lifeline 
     Sudan (OLS) activity will be forced to shut down, and the 
     government will insist that all relief work be carried out 
     through their own channels. * * * Needless to say, this would 
     be catastrophic for the people of the south, who at this time 
     are extremely vulnerable and almost totally dependent upon 
     the OLS pipeline aid. Deaths from starvation and sickness 
     would dwarf anything we've seen in the past.

  I have been calling for the Clinton administration to appoint a 
special diplomatic envoy for peace-brokering. I still think this is 
important, and time is of the essence as each day counts. But, in 
addition, I believe the United States must press for immediate Security 
Council attention to this situation.
  While Sudan is not on the nightly news, many are dying. We must act 
now. Entire generations have been lost. An entire culture hangs in the 
balance.

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