This legislation is an essential step in assuring that assistance by increasing support to humanitarian relief and assistance agencies working in the region. The bill provides $144 million in supplemental funding for humanitarian needs in southern Africa. The funds would be used for refugee assistance programs. urgent health care. disaster relief programs. projects to boost local food production. resuming basic education programs disrupted by the chaos. and for the provision of water supplies to the millions of displaced persons. Funds provided by this legislation are to be distributed by such organizations as UNICEF. AIDs disaster assistance office. the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. the International Red Cross. the African Development Foundation. the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference [SADCC]. the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD]. the United Nations Development Fund for Women [UNIFEM] and the American private and voluntary organizations which have worked so tirelessly on behalf of the famine victims throughout subSaharan Africa over the past few years. I strongly urge all of my colleagues to support this humanitarian legislation. We must continue our fight to bring an end to apartheid. and an essential aspect of that fight is to support those who are directly and indirectly oppressed by the regime in Pretoria.
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