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(UNHCR) an average of approximately 2,400 South Su-
danese refugees arrive in Uganda every day; 
Whereas 1,000,000 children in South Sudan are suffering 
from malnutrition in part due to the deliberate actions of 
the Government of South Sudan, at the same time ac-
cording to United Nations International Children’s Emer-
gency Fund (UNICEF) there are more than 17,000 child 
soldiers forced into combat; 
Whereas an anticipated 5,500,000 people are at risk for star-
vation by mid-year and without urgent humanitarian 
intervention civilians will continue to die from acute mal-
nutrition and millions more will remain at risk; 
Whereas failure to act prior to the upcoming rainy season 
May to August, will further impede humanitarian efforts; 
Whereas the areas where famine has been declared have seen 
some of the most intense fighting; 
Whereas USAID has been a leading provider of humanitarian 
support to South Sudan, including more than 620,000 
tons of life-saving food assistance since the conflict broke 
out in 2013; and 
Whereas support provided by the Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization of the United Nations (FAO), UNICEF, and the 
World Food Program have been critical in reducing the 
number of civilians at risk of severe malnutrition: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that— 
(A) the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development should con-
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tinue to provide immediate and robust assistance to 
respond to the famine in South Sudan by providing 
food and other essential resources and to collabo-
rate with international relief organizations, such as 
World Food Program and others in an effort to 
reach vulnerable populations; and 
(B) the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development should be en-
couraged to continue to provide desperately needed 
and locally appropriate food aid through the Food 
for Peace and Emergency Food Security Programs; 
and 
(2) the House of Representatives— 
(A) calls upon the Government of South Sudan 
to declare and observe a cessation of hostilities to 
allow food and essential supplies to reach affected 
civilians; 
(B) urges specifically that the Government of 
South Sudan allow immediate and unrestricted hu-
manitarian access to southern Unity, where the 
famine is currently underway; 
(C) condemns all threats and violence against 
civilian populations and aid workers, including the 
over 70 humanitarian aid workers killed since the 
conflict began and the brutal attack by the South
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Sudanese military on humanitarian aid workers, in-
cluding Americans, at the Terrain Camp in July 
2016; 
(D) condemns the multiple instances in which 
security forces have looted humanitarian assistance 
destined for civilians in need; and 
(E) supports effort of the United States Gov-
ernment, working with partners in the international 
community, including the United Nations, the Afri-
can Union, and the European Union, to facilitate 
humanitarian access to affected areas, and encour-
ages greater diplomatic pressure on the parties to 
return to the negotiation table to stop the violence, 
and to allow full humanitarian access. 
Attest: 
Clerk.