The world community has finally chosen to act. and President Carter yesterday announced the U.S. program. a key portion of which we are asking the House today to quickly ratify in the form of the amendment being offered by the Foreign Affairs Committee. Chairman ZABLOCxI has already outlined the case for the amendment. let me assure this House that this amendment is the logical product of months of activity by the House. and by the Foreign Affairs Committee. the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs. and cooperative subcommittees from a number of committees. Back on June 29. seven Members joined in sending President Carter a letter asking an immediate U.S. airlift of humanitarian relief suppliesfood and medicineto the thousands of helpless refugees then trapped along the ThaiCambodian border. as well as people trapped in Cambodia itself. Shortly thereafter. the President authorized some $900.000 for immediate relief across the Thai border. On September 26 the Asian Affairs Subcommittee approved. and on September 27. under unanimous consent. the entire House adopted. House Resolution 431. calling on the United Nations to immediately inaugurate an international relief program for Cambodia. and citing the primary responsibility of Vietnam and the authorities in Phnom Penh to cooperate in this endeavor. You will recall a similar resolution approved by the House on June 18 helped set the stage for the Geneva Conference on Refugees. which was so instrumental in compelling Vietnams attention to the plight of the boat people. Following the House vote of September 27. Congressman ANDERSON and Mr.
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