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 103 STAT. 2534 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAR. 14, 1989 SEC. 2. The Architect of the Capitol may prescribe conditions for physical preparations with respect to the use of the rotunda au- thorized by the first section. Agreed to February 22, 1989. Mar. 14, 1989 [S. Con. Res. 15] SUDAN—FAMINE RELIEF AND PEACE ACTIVITIES Whereas starvation and civil war have killed nearly 1,000,000 south- ern Sudanese civilians since 1983 and displaced 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 of southern Sudan's 6,000,000 people; Whereas numerous and reliable reports from the field document that both sides of the conflict, the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (hereafter in this concurrent resolution referred to as the "SPLA"), have not only neglected the welfare of southern Sudanese people, but in many instances have deliberately deprived southern Sudanese of food and medicine and have used food as a weapon of war; Whereas combatants have massacred untold numbers of civilians, destroyed entire villages, and decimated the infrastructure in southern Sudan; Whereas a national peace accord, which is essential both to an effective emergency relief effort and to a negotiated peace settle- ment, was endorsed by the SPLA and the Democratic Unionist Party in November 1988, but did not receive the agreement of the Government of Sudan; Whereas the United States and other international donors have taken several significant steps to alleviate famine, including an October 1988 emergency airlift by the United States Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and a relief operation carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross in both rebel and government-held areas in southern Sudan; Whereas such humanitarian efforts are crucial first steps but assist only a small fraction of the more than 2,000,000 Sudanese in dire need of relief; Whereas the United States has a special relationship with the people and Government of Sudan, including the provision of more than $100,000,000 in bilateral and multilateral assistance in fiscal year 1988, the largest amount received by any nation in sub- Saharan Africa; Whereas Secretary of State James A. Baker III, in a statement on February 8, 1989, emphasized that "starvation will almost cer- tainly not end until the fighting ends," urged both the Govern- ment of Sudan and the SPLA to "put peace first and to agree to an early ceasefire" in order to facilitate relief, and called on "authorities at all levels on both sides to remove remaining obstacles and do everything possible to provide emergency relief to victims caught In garrison towns and other areas of the war zone"; and .

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