Mr. Speaker, the situation in central Africa is approaching chaos; not like two years ago, it is worse.
Inaction by the international community will result in the collapse of Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda and the deaths of millions of innocent people.
There are some solutions. First, our UN rapid reaction force should be put in urgently to ensure the safe evacuation of the civilian populations. Second, humanitarian assistance must be organized to ensure that the basic needs of the evacuees are met. Third, all arms shipments to the region should be blocked. Fourth, the three nation states should be put under temporary UN management and a ceasefire brokered. Last, they should consider redrawing the boundaries according to the precolonial tribal boundaries.
Inaction will produce one of the worst cases of genocide of this century. We must not let that happen again.