11-12-2009 Interview. In late 1979 the ICRC and the United Nations Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) began a vast relief operation for the people of Cambodia, threatened by famine. Thirty years on, FranÃ§ois Bugnion, the first ICRC delegate to return to Cambodia after the genocide, talks of his experiences there. Following the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in January 1979 by Vietnamese forces, rumours were rife of mass starvation in the country, which had been closed to the world for four years.
The House Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, was one of three committees to pass a proposal detailing what parts of Obamacare should be repealed through reconciliation. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom).
The House will vote next week on a bill to undermine the 2010 healthcare overhaul in what will be close to the 60th time over the last four years. Next weekâs vote will be the first in this Congress to repeal ObamaCare in full, leadership aides said. The House has already voted three times to modify the healthcare law this month, including to establish a full-time workweek as 40 hours instead of 30. The vote will allow new House GOP freshmen who campaigned on repealing ObamaCare to put their pledges to a vote.