[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E873]
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                          HOLOCAUST IN AFRICA

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                           HON. JOHN L. MICA

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 1997

  Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, this week in Israel, in the Rotunda of the 
United States Capitol, and around the world for a few moments the 
horror of World War II's Holocaust was remembered.
  ``Never again'' was the theme often repeated. This week in Zaire they 
removed the corpses of refugees from boxcars, and continued the body 
count of innocent African men, women, and children.
  The Rebel Tutsi-dominated army has massacred thousands of Hutu 
refugees.
  The modern day slaughter and holocaust of Rwanda is being repeated in 
Zaire.
  While I strongly support our former colleague and present U.N. 
Ambassador's role in seeking peace in this war-torn region of Africa--
Ambassador Richardson--every American and world citizen and every 
holocaust survivor must also seek justice.
  Today we cannot turn our backs or look the other way as they did five 
decades past. In Africa, those responsible for murder, genocide, and 
slaughter must be brought to justice.
  This Congress, our Nation, and the United Nations should not rest 
while this slaughter in Africa continues. If not, the words of 
yesterday's Holocaust remembrance will, both today and tomorrow, have a 
hollow ring.

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