Mr. Speaker. we are shocked by the senseless slaughter of Palestinian refugees in the Shatila and Sabra camps in Lebanon. As a result of this slaughter. the remaining refugees fear for their lives. despite the entry of a threenation peacekeeping force into Lebanon. Today the women Members of Congress have joined together in urging the President to request of the Lebanese Government that it name an international organization to oversee. supervise. and provide protection to the Palestinian refugees in the camps of Lebanon. As ws view with horror the mass killing oi innocent people at these camps. we are appalledonce againthat women. children. and the elderly are disproportionately bearing the brutality of conflict. In 1980. we took the lead in depicting the plight of refugees in Cambodia. with some of us going ourselves to bear witness to it. Today. out of the same respect for human life. we draw attention to Lebanon. and call for action in the assumption of responsibility and accountability for the refugee camps In that country.*
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