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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 85 — North Korean Human Rights

§ 7802. Purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to promote respect for and protection of fundamental human rights in North Korea;

(2)

to promote a more durable humanitarian solution to the plight of North Korean refugees;

(3)

to promote increased monitoring, access, and transparency in the provision of humanitarian assistance inside North Korea;

(4)

to promote the free flow of information into and out of North Korea; and

(5)

to promote progress toward the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula under a democratic system of government.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004

    Pub. L. 108–333 § 4 · 118 Stat. 1287

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7802

    (Pub. L. 108–333, § 4, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1290.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 108–333, § 4, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1290.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 4. PURPOSES.   The purposes of this Act are— (1) to promote respect for and protection of fundamental human rights in North Korea; (2) to promote a more durable humanitarian solution to the plight of North Korean refugees; (3) to promote increased monitoring, access, and transparency in the provision of humanitarian assistance inside North Korea; (4) to promote the free flow of information into and out of North Korea; and (5) to promote progress toward the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula under a democratic system of government.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 108–333, § 4, , 118 Stat. 1290.)

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