In previous famine situations in Sudanboth in 1984 when 150.000 people starved and in 1988 when as many as 500.000 diedthe international community ignored the early warnIng signs. That slow response by the world donor community cost many thousand of lives. I was there twice in 1989. Mr. Speaker. and I saw the suffering. In refugee camps in northern Sudan where over 1 million displaced persons lived in makeshift campsone located on top of a garbage dumpI saw hunger and disease and living conditions that were so bad it is hard to explain. In feeding camps in western Ethiopia. where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese arrived after treks of as long as 3 months. I saw people who were no more than skin and bones.