Mr. Speaker. I rise today on behalf of 165.000 refugees living in the middle of the harsh Western Sahara Desert. Just last week I returned from a visit to these refugees. I was deeply impressed with the strength and determination these people showed in their ability to survive in the midst of such a harsh environment. The Sahrawi people are in refugee camps because of a 20year territorial dispute with Morocco over the land known as Western Sahara. The conflict ended with an agreement that the United Nations peacekeeping force. called MINURSO. will conduct a free. fair and transparent referendum. Unfortunately. as I saw last week. according to the July 10 report from Kofi Annan to the UN Security Council.
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