The Crisis and Chaos in Somalia: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, September 16, 1992, Volume 4 |
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Page 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND EDUCATION, COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:15 am, in room 1310-A, Longworth House Office Building, Hon.
Page 34 - Thank you for holding this important hearing, Mr. Chairman, and for inviting me to testify. My name is Holly Burkhalter, and I am the Washington Director and Advocacy Director of Human Rights Watch.
Page 59 - The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provides relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. It does this through services that are consistent with its congressional charter and the fundamental principles of the International Red Cross Movement.
Page 52 - Cross (ICRC) , the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation...
Page 51 - Africa before the Subcommittee on Africa Committee on Foreign Affairs US House of Representatives Washington, DC November 6, 1991 The HIV/AIDS pandemic is accelerating, leaving no part of the world untouched.
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Page 126 - It's so bad because we've let things simmer without paying proper attention. We've had inexperienced people who don't know what they are seeing, who don't know what the implications are, and didn't blow the whistle.
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Page 2 - However, there is also the imperative concern of what is being done and what can be done to alleviate the present conditions of •his problem.
Page 22 - US Ambassador to Kenya Smith Hempstone on the current situation along the Kenya-Somalia border. The President, deeply disturbed by what he read in the Ambassador's report and heard from the Kunder mission, ordered an expanded US initiative.