A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the desperate humanitarian crisis in Somalia and urging the deployment of United Nations security guards to assure that humanitarian relief gets to those most in need.

Condemns the killing and destruction by the political factions in Somalia. Urges such factions to abide by the United Nations (UN) ceasefire and to allow the deployment of security forces to protect humanitarian relief deliveries and workers.

Commends the efforts of UN Secretary-General Boutrous Ghali and his Special Envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Sahnoun. Pays tribute to the actions of relief agencies working in Somalia.

Recognizes the July 27, 1992, statement of the President urging the UN to deploy a sufficient number of security guards to permit relief supplies to move into and within Somalia, and committing funds for such an effort.

Calls upon: (1) the international community to immediately expand its relief efforts in Somalia; and (2) the President to work with the UN Security Council to deploy security guards immediately to assure that humanitarian relief gets to those most in need.

 
SCON 132 RFH
102d CONGRESS
2d Session
S. CON. RES. 132
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 4, 1992
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the desperate humanitarian
crisis in Somalia and urging the deployment of United Nations security guards
to assure that humanitarian relief gets to those most in need.
Whereas as a result of the civil conflict in Somalia, at least thirty thousand
people have died, hundreds of innocent civilians, many of them children,
continue to die each day, and an additional one million two hundred thousand
lives are at risk;
Whereas the Somali political 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 banditry and looting;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council, on July 27, 1992, adopted a
resolution on the situation in Somalia, including an expansion of United
Nations relief efforts and support for the deployment 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 Somalia,
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 deployment of security forces to protect humanitarian
  relief deliveries and workers;
  (3) commends the dedicated and energetic efforts of United Nations
  Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Ghali, and his Special Envoy to Somalia,
  Ambassador Mohammed Sahnoun;
  (4) pays tribute to the courageous and heroic actions of the relief agencies
  working in Somalia;
  (5) calls upon the international community, 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 number of
  security guards to permit relief supplies to move into and within Somalia,
  and committing funds for such an effort; and
  (7) urges the President to work with the United Nations Security Council to
  deploy these security guards immediately, with or without the consent of
  the Somalia factions, in order to assure that humanitarian relief gets to
  those most in need, particularly the women, children and elderly of Somalia.
Attest:
WALTER J. STEWART,
Secretary.