Mr. LANTOS. for his leadership throughout the years on behalf of those who have lost their homes. their livelihoods. and their land through violence or natural disaster. I would also like to recognize the ranking member for her work in educating Members of Congress about the suffering of refugees and the internally displaced. Mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of H. Res. 426. which shines a light on Colombias more than 3 million internally displaced people. or IDPs. a number second only to Sudan. In 2005. the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees described the IDP situation in Colombia as one of the most invisible humanitarian crises in the world. This is a crisis that the government of Colombia cannot handle alone. Earlier this year. the UNHCR. the Colombian Catholic Church. and the Consultancy for Human Rights and Internal Displacement jointly declared 2007 as the Year of the Rights of the Internally Displaced People in Colombia.
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