Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980101952

But for the current administration. this proposition was reasonable to every President. every Secretary of State. and every Attorney General. Opposition was found only in the Senate. Mr. President. the ethnic violence in Sri Lanka. as horrible as it is. has brought out the best in some people. Dr. Ahangamage Ariyaratne operates two refugee camps in the Colombo area. which now shelter about 70.000 Tamils. Dr. Ariyaratne laments that: "We have seen a total breakdown of human values * * * Ive never seen human suffering on such a scale. despite all of the pains of our history." The glimmer of hope in this situation is that Dr.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Victim Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM PROXMIRE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
1983-09-28
Speech ID
980101952
Paragraph
#0
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