Mr. President. as winter snows fall in the former Yugoslavia. I am deeply concerned about the large number of refugees and the problem of accessibility to them in Bosnia. There is a serious possibility of large numbers of deaths due to starvation and exposure to the winter elements if relief supplies do not reach these desperate people. The recently passed foreign aid appropriations bill actually increased overall refugee funding. despite cuts in almost every other program. This increase was in part so that the United States could provide adequate assistance for Bosnia and refugees in that region. But in briefings on how that refuge aid is to be used I have become alarmed over the continued lack of access by U.N. relief convoys to many areas. The United States. together with our European allies. must not fail to ensure that the promises of relief are fulfilled.
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