Speaker. I wish to commend my distinguished colleague. Representative OBERSTAR. for sponsoring a special order to pay tribute to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on being awarded the 1981 Nobel Peace Prize. This great honor comes as the UNHCR celebrates its 30th anniversarythree decades of providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and persons displaced by armed conflict around the world. All of us appreciate the important work UNHCR has done and continues to perform on behalf of the Indochinese refugees. refugees throughout Africa. particularly in the Horn. in Central America. and those fleeing Afghanistan. With one of the smallest staffs of any U.N. organization. UNHCR has been extremely effective in responding swiftly to refugee crises wherever they occur. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and chairman of one of the subcommittees that oversees our participation in UNHCR. I have seen its operations firsthand and continue to be impressed by the competence of the staff and effectiveness of UNHCRs work.
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