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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—AUG. 10, 1992 106 STAT. 5199 (c) REFERRAL. —All reports and findings of the Committee shall, when received, be referred to the appropriate committees of the Senate and the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives. SEC. 5. CONDUCT OF COMMITTEEUSINESS. The Committee shall not conduct any business prior to November 15, 1992. Agreed to August 6, 1992. SOMALIA-HUMANITARIAN RELIEF Aug. lo, 1992 [S. Con. Res. 132] Whereas as a result of the civil conflict in Somalia, at least thirty thousand people have died, hundreds of innocent civilians, many of them chilaren, continue to die each day, and an additional one million two hundred thousand lives are at risk; Whereas the Somah poHtical factions show no signs of ceasing their internecine war for power even as thousands of their own people perish; Whereas international relief agencies have been unable to deliver adequate humanitarian assistance to those most in need due to increasingly difficult and dangerous conditions, including pervasive bandit^ and looting; Whereas the United Nations Security Council, on July 27, 1992, adopted a resolution on the situation in SomaUa, including an expansion of United Nations relief efforts and support for the deplo5nment of United Nations security personnel to facilitate the delivery of relief supplies, and the President has expressed strong support for the United Nations proposals; and Whereas although the Congress has expressed strong support for more active efforts to deliver humanitarian relief to the suffering people of SomaHa, the situation has continued to deteriorate: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That the Congress— (1) condemns in the strongest possible terms the senseless killing and wanton destruction wrought by the political factions in Somalia; (2) strongly urges these factions to abide by the United Nations ceasefire and to allow the deplojment of security forces to protect humanitaiian relief deliveries and workers; (3) commends the dedicated and energetic efforts of United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghah, and his Special Envoy to Somaha, Ambassador Mohammed Sahnoim; (4) pays tribute to the courageous and heroic actions of the relief agencies working in Somalia; (5) calls upon the international commiuiity, through the United Nations, and in particular the United Nations specialized agencies, to immediately expand its relief efforts in Somalia; (6) recognizes with appreciation the July 27, 1992, statement of the President urging the United Nations to deploy a sufficient 59-194 O—93 21:QL 3 (Pt. 6)

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