President. the purpose of this amendment is to establish necessary minimal guidelines for the utilization of the $100 million in humanitarian assistance proposed in this bill to be channeled through International or voluntary organizations. This amendment assures that no portion of the humanitarian relief funds authorized by this section will be utilized to distribute relief supplies in South Vietnam unless the distribution is accomplished under the direct supervision and control of relevant international organizations or voluntary relief agencies. Without this statutory restriction. there is no way of assuring that the relief provided by this section will reach the refugees and other needy people who are victims of the conflicts in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Recent events in these two countries have clearly demonstrated the need for this amendment. This amendment will require international organizations and voluntary relief agencies who agree to participate in the refugee relief operations to use their own personnel to monitor and directly supervise the distribution of relief supplies. Unless the various Vietnamese parties agree to permit representatives of the international organizations or voluntary relief agencies to supervise these efforts. this amendment will prohibit use of funds authorized by this act in areas under their respective control. I believe that the majority of my colleagues accept the proposition that the United States has a responsibility to assist in humanitarian efforts to relieve the suffering of tens of thousands of Vietnamese.
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