[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18956]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               THE SUDAN

  (Mr. KOLBE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KOLBE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday afternoon the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Jackson) and I returned from a 4-day trip to the Sudan, 
including mostly into the Darfur region in West Sudan. We visited the 
camps where the displaced persons are. We visited North Darfur, which 
is an area under control by the Sudanese Liberation Movement, the rebel 
groups.
  I am here to report to my colleagues today that unfortunately the 
attacks on the people of Darfur are continuing by the Janjaweed, that 
is the militia that has been armed by the government and sent on these 
missions to destroy and to kill the people there, increasing the huge 
numbers of displaced persons who are fleeing into these camps. The 
conditions in these camps are absolutely intolerable. They are living 
in positive squalor. The world's humanitarian community is responding 
in a very positive way, but the conditions continue to grow worse.
  What is needed is greater security. What is needed is a greater 
commitment by the African Union to send troops to provide that kind of 
security. What is needed is a commitment by the Sudanese government to 
end the Janjaweed attacks and to allow the humanitarian community to 
provide the relief that is necessary and to provide the security also 
so that these people can return to their homes.

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