So our resolution encourages President Bush to work urgently with the Security Council to end the bullying of the callous faction leaders in Somalia and let the lifesaving U.N. mission go forward. The United Nations estimates that of the 6.5 million Somalis. 4.5 million are in danger of starvation. At least 1.2 millionmostly childrenare at immediate risk. Tens of thousands are in small camps scattered about the country. Over 300.000 have already fled to neighboring Kenya. and 1.000 more arrive every day. Large numbers of refugees have also arrived in Ethiopia. Djibouti. and Yemen. This tragedy threatens to surpass even the famine in Ethiopia in its deadly impact on the population.
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