[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LET THIS BE LAST TIME WE MARK ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE IN DARFUR
(Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute.)
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, 3 years ago, the Congress named the
humanitarian crisis in Darfur as genocide. Naming is really important,
because once we've acknowledged the hundreds of thousands of innocent
lives that have been lost there, we have a responsibility to act. And
yet the disastrous crisis continues on today.
I visited Darfur. I've seen the situation on the ground. And now the
high-tech GPS satellites and mass media allow everyone to bear witness
to the tragedies in Darfur; the burnt holes where villages used to be,
the mass migrations of internally displaced, starving children, victims
of rape.
I want to thank the student groups, the faith organizations and the
Americans around the country who have worked to raise this issue's
profile and to keep Darfur on the agenda.
Last month, the Sudanese Government allowed a combined U.N.-African
Union peacekeeping force. The Democratic majority approved $949 million
in humanitarian aid, but we have to go further. Let this be the last
time we mark the anniversary of genocide.
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