Donald M. Payne: “Mr. Chairman, this also is an amendment dealing with the problems on the Continent. This is asking for $500,000 to be…”

“Mr. Chairman, this also is an amendment dealing with the problems on the Continent. This is asking for $500,000 to be allocated to the assistance for the national dialogue, which is the Lusaka Accords. The Lusaka Accords are the accords that will end the strife in the Congo. As my colleagues know, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, under the leadership of President Kabila, there has been an armed conflict bringing in five foreign countries to the soil of the Congo: President Mugabi in Zimbabwe, President Sam Nujoma from Namibia. We have the country of Rwanda, the country of Uganda, Mr. Museveni, Mr. Mugambi from Rwanda and from Angola, Mr. De Santos, are all in a conflict in the Congo. What this request is that the former president of the country of Botswana, who has been designated by the OAU, the Organization of African Unity, to have a dialogue with the people of the Congo to come up with a mechanism for elections so that the people there could have elections and that it would facilitate the removal of foreign troops from the Congo, the troops from Rwanda and Uganda, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola. And so this $500,000 is very key because it will give the funds that they need to do the dialogue with the Lasaca Accords.”