[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16544]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          WE MUST RESOLVE THE ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER DISPUTE

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                          HON. MARK R. KENNEDY

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 28, 2006

  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I return to the Floor today to 
call the attention of the House and the American people to what may 
become the next tragedy in Africa: the border dispute between Ethiopia 
and Eritrea.
  Since I was last here, I have heard renewed pleas from my 
constituents who remember the heartbreak and irreplaceable loss from 
the 1998-2000 war over the border that cost the lives of as many as 
100,000 people.
  To avoid a repeat of this tragedy, the President and the Secretary of 
State must rally the world community to achieve a peaceful resolution 
to this matter.
  I cosponsored Chris Smith's legislation, H.R. 4423, the Ethiopia 
Consolidation Act, which would advance human rights in the Horn of 
Africa, and link U.S. foreign aid assistance to full compliance with 
the Algiers Agreement. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting 
this bill.
  As I said the last time I was here, we must see to it that the 
tragedy of last decade is not repeated.

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