Mr. President. once again the specter of mass famine looms across the Horn of Africa. War and civil strife has again produced another flow of refugees and massive upheavals of people in Ethiopia. Somalia. and Sudan. Today we are seeing a regional crisis of people. with the collapse of the governments in Ethiopia and Somalia producing internal chaos. and drought and conflict taking an increasing toll in Sudan. The scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding today in the Horn has outpaced the ability of United Nations and other international relief agencies to respond. Although it is clearly a regional crisis. with refugees and famine victims moving within their countries and across three international borders. there has yet to be a regional response by the world community. Last Friday. the Senate acted to draw urgent attention to this humanitarian emergency by adopting an amendment for greater international coordination and assistance. In sponsoring this amendment. I was joined by my distinguished colleague on the Immigration and Refugee Affairs Subcommittee. Senator SIMPSON. as well as the chair and ranking member of the Africa Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee. Senator SIMON and Senator KASSEBAUM.
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