As we await the outcome of these peace talksand there is no quick or apparent solution in sightwe must continue to work to alleviate the plight of Afghanistans women. The resolution I submit today calls on the administration to create an Afghan Womens Initiative. along the lines of the successful Bosnian and Rwandan Womens Initiatives which the administration has created in the past two years. Those initiatives have assisted the victims of those wars by promoting the reintegration of women into the economy with an emphasis on capacitybuilding. training programs. legal assistance. and support for microenterprise projects. as well as refugee reintegration and protection. I believe that the successes of those two programs can serve as a model for a similar initiative for the women of Afghanistan. as well as the numerous Afghan women in refugee camps in Pakistan. The women of Afghanistan could greatly benefit from such a womens initiative. and I look forward to working with the administration to design and implement such a program. Second. this resolution calls for the international community to investigate charges of rape and abuse as instruments of the now almost decadelong civil war which has torn Afghanistan apart. and. if credible evidence exists. to convene a war crimes tribunal to prosecute the perpetrators.