Mr. Speaker. the urgency of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan cannot be overestimated. As the Washington Post reported February 6. the Sudanese Government has launched a final offensive against the south. causing 100.000 new refugees to flee to Uganda and leaving 2 million peop!e at risk of starvaton because of the imminent shut down of Operation Lifeline Sudan [OLS]. OLS represents a number of nongovernmental relief organizations working under the authority of the United Nations to provide the bulk of relief to southern Sudan. This weekends report confirms the December prediction of a longterm relief worker assessing the outcome of such a largescale offensive: It is most probabile that virtually all Opei.tloti lifeline Sudan (0lS) will be foreed to shut down. and the government will insist. that. altl relief work be carried out through their own channels * * * Needless to say. this would he catastrophic for the people of the south. who at this time are extremely vulnerable and almost totally dependent upon the 0L.S pipeline aid.
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