Is that it be made clear there that this country unequivocally backs the return of President Arlstide to his post as the first democratically elected Haitian President in its history. and that this not be words only. that this be a support that would be additionally backed up by the Organization of American States. and that it be made clear that nothing less should come out of that conference than an agreement on the specific return and the conditions of return of President Aristide to his rightful place as the President of his country. Now. the reason that I threw out these other suggestions Is because I am now down to this. The only way that we can got the immigration of Haitians who are now caught not only by the Junta whose economy is totally dostroyed. but they are also in the grips of a blockade that has been instituted. So we are talking about people choosing between a possible death In leaky boats that will be pushed wherever the wind sends them. and in which a certain number of them are doomed .o death on the high seas trying to escape. or merely starving to death or being a victim of the random violence that now occurs there. So to me we need to fashion a result that moots this emergency. and the only way. I will say to the gentleman from Now York and the gentl(-man from Kentucky. that that can happen is that it be made clear through the OAS. the Caribbean nations. through any constellation. including the United States. that we support our friends. Now. we send nonmilitary aid and military aid to friendly nations throughout the world. This is no time to be hung up on immigration technicalites where this is a situation unlike any that we have faced in modern history. So I am urging that we consider supporting the immediate return of President Aristido. and that nothing less should be accepted in the conference at Cartagena that is taking place. We must get this President back into office.
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