[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10579]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   THE PLIGHT OF SUDAN'S NUBA PEOPLE

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, with a heavy heart, I turn our 
attention to the plight of Sudan's Nuba people, who are fleeing their 
homes in the tens of thousands as the Sudanese Armed Forces conduct a 
brutal military assault on their homeland.
  There are widespread reports that Sudanese forces are bombing, 
shelling, and executing civilians in the oil-rich state of South 
Kordofan. The Sudanese Government has barred NGOs and the press and is 
restricting the movement of U.N. personnel in the area.
  Mr. Speaker, as we welcome South Sudan into the community of nations 
this week, United Nations personnel must investigate reports of 
possible war crimes against the Nuba people by the Sudanese forces. We 
must not be intimidated by Omar al-Bashir's bullying, or we may find 
ourselves saying ``never again'' again.

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