Mr. Speaker. a few moments ago I announced that the gentleman from New York and I today are circulating a resolution concerning the need for the United Nations to undertake an immediate and concerted effort to aid the refugees in Indochina. Specifically. this resolution expresses the sense of Congress that all possible efforts should be made by the U.N. to aid and assist in the evacuation and relief efforts for those made homeless by the ravages of war in Southeast Asia. and that the Secretary General of the U.N. should call on Communist leaders in Vietnam not to interfere with these humanitarian efforts. The Congress appropriated over $111 million for U.N. activities for the current fiscal year. and I believe that failure by the United Nations to give the issue of aid for these refugees the highest possible priority can. only result in forcing the Congress to reconsider this Nations financial assistance to that world body. The issue here is not one of politics. it is one of people. There is a compelling moral obligation on the part of the U.N. to assist in this lifesaving effort.
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