Ethiopia and Sudan: Warfare, Politics, and Famine : Hearing Before the Select Committee on Hunger, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, July 14, 1988, Volume 89 |
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... starvation , in effect . These are serious charges . Today we will examine these charges to clearly identify barriers faced in providing food to hungry people . Our interest is determining the appropriate policies for the U.S. ...
... starvation , in effect . These are serious charges . Today we will examine these charges to clearly identify barriers faced in providing food to hungry people . Our interest is determining the appropriate policies for the U.S. ...
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... starvation . While international awareness of this issue has improved substantially during the interim , it is apparent that a number of factors are leading to this year's potential disas- ter . The first is the serious drought that has ...
... starvation . While international awareness of this issue has improved substantially during the interim , it is apparent that a number of factors are leading to this year's potential disas- ter . The first is the serious drought that has ...
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... starvation , a policy which the Western world simply can not toler- ate . It has been widely reported that in 1985 the Ethiopian Govern- ment went as far as to spend tens of millions of dollars on a mas- sive celebration commemorating ...
... starvation , a policy which the Western world simply can not toler- ate . It has been widely reported that in 1985 the Ethiopian Govern- ment went as far as to spend tens of millions of dollars on a mas- sive celebration commemorating ...
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... starvation in the near future . It is a clear attempt to use food as a weapon against civilians caught in a civil war . I cannot avoid the conclusion that the Ethiopian Government , having failed to achieve a military victory , is now ...
... starvation in the near future . It is a clear attempt to use food as a weapon against civilians caught in a civil war . I cannot avoid the conclusion that the Ethiopian Government , having failed to achieve a military victory , is now ...
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... starvation ? Why have we heard so little from the State Department on the problems in the Sudan ? Mr. BROWN . Mr. Chairman , I think we need , in the first instance , to recall the differences in the systems in Ethiopia and the Sudan ...
... starvation ? Why have we heard so little from the State Department on the problems in the Sudan ? Mr. BROWN . Mr. Chairman , I think we need , in the first instance , to recall the differences in the systems in Ethiopia and the Sudan ...
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ACKERMAN Addis Ababa Adigrat areas armed army assistance Atlanta attack Aweil Bahr el Ghazal BOLLINGER BROWN camps Chairman LELAND civil civilians conflict Darfur Deborah Scroggins Dinka diplomat distribution donors drought EMERSON EPLF Eritrea and Tigray ernment Ethio Ethiopia and Sudan Ethiopian government Ethiopian Government's expelled famine food aid foreign relief workers Government of Ethiopia Government of Sudan hearing Horn of Africa humanitarian hunger hungry ICRC John Garang Juba Khartoum live Mengistu Mengistu Haile Mariam ment military militias million months Moslem Nile northern Ethiopia organizations political population problems provinces provinces of Eritrea PVO's rebels Red Cross refugees region relief agencies relief efforts relief officials relief operation relief programs relief supplies reports risk Safaha situation southern Sudan Soviet SPLA starvation starving Sudanese Government thousands Tigray Tigre tion tons towns tribe trucks U.S. government U.S. officials United Nations weapon Western relief WOLPE
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Page 113 - Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited. 2. It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless, for that purpose, objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as foodstuffs, agricultural areas for the production of foodstuffs, crops, livestock, drinking water installations and supplies and irrigation works...
Page 3 - STATEMENT OF HON. WALLY HERGER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Mr. HERGER. Thank you very much, Mr.
Page 24 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize for not being here at the beginning of the hearing until now.
Page 45 - Government and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) and the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF) threaten the lives of up to 5,000,000 persons in northern Ethiopia; Whereas the two functioning channels of international relief, cross-border operations and the recently opened "southern corridor...
Page 12 - Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I regret that I was not able to be here at the onset of the hearing for Mr.
Page 53 - ... emergency humanitarian relief objectives of this Administration, and its predecessors, have been consistent: — to identify people at risk of famine and other lifethreatening situations, wherever these people may be; -- to understand what assistance the host country or indigenous relief organizations will provide, and then, in concert with the other donors, respond in an appropriate fashion; — to monitor and evaluate as much as possible the distribution of our assistance during and after implementation...
Page 141 - If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that we have become part of the problem," , he said, fixing his eyes on his desk
Page 30 - I would like to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing on the extremely serious hunger problems in Ethiopia and Sudan.
Page 53 - It is essential, therefore, that a cessation of 24 hostilities be achieved so that adequate relief can be provided to the many people at risk. The emergency humanitarian relief objectives of this Administration, and its predecessors, have been consistent: — to identify people at risk of famine and other lifethreatening situations, wherever these people may be; -- to understand what assistance the host country or indigenous relief organizations will provide, and then, in concert with the other donors,...
Page 53 - ... in southern Sudan is grim. Years of intense fighting have devastated the region. Today over two million survivors are at risk. Many continue to die because of the tragic civil war which afflicts Sudan. Unfortunately, there continue to be substantial obstacles to providing help on a timely basis. The United States, in concert with the rest of the international donor community, continues to try to provide relief assistance to the region and continues to press hard on both warring sides to provide...