Mr. President. the 1992 World Refugee Survey published by the U.S. Committee for Refugees sets forth in a single volume the tragic dimensions of the worlds refugee crises. While it had been hoped that 1992 might be a ttiae of peaceful reconciliation and refugee repatriation. we have seen instead the new flood of refugees displaced by fighting in the former Yugoslavia. the plight of some 1.5 million persons in Somalia. the majority of them women and children. facing imminent death from starvation. the wideranging drought in the countries of southern Africa. and. closer to home. the continued flow of refugees from Haiti. The World Refugee Survey each year provides the essential background information and statistics on refugees that are needed to comprehend the problems. as well as the solutions. being worked on by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. the International Committee of the Red Cross. and the many other governmental and nongovernmental organizations that do so much to relieve the plight of refugees. I ask that the analysis "The Year In Review" by Roger P. Winter. director of the U.S. Committee for Refugees. which introduces the World Refugee Survey for 1992 be printed in the RECORD at this point.
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