Ris. 155 Whereas the current extended drought in more than twenty African countries has placed ten million or more people at risk of starvation. and Whereas the United States and other donors around the world are engaging in an unprecedented campaign to curb further deaths in Ethiopia and other African countries. and Whereas the success of these emergency assistance efforts depends largely on the cooperation and support of the authorities within each country receiving assistance. and Whereas there remains continuing evidence of widespread brutality. diversion of food assistance. and disruption of relief efforts by the Government of Ethiopia. Including destroying numerous villages and farms. and Whereas the Government of Ethiopia has brutally removed people from the famine relief camp at Ibnet. forcing more than fifty thousand famine victims. including thousands of young children. into what can be described as a "death march": Now. therefore. be it Resolved. That the Senate(1) condemns the actions of the Ethiopian Government in the forced evacuation of the Ibnet refugee camp. and (2) condemns the continuing actions of the Ethiopian Government to disrupt and divert international relief efforts to help the needy in Ethiopia.