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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 85 — North Korean Human Rights

§ 7816. Establishment of regional framework

Statutory text

(a)

Findings

The Congress finds that human rights initiatives can be undertaken on a multilateral basis, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which established a regional framework for discussing human rights, scientific and educational cooperation, and economic and trade issues.

(b)

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of Congress that the United Sates 1 should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with North Korea that is modeled on the Helsinki process, engaging all countries in the region in a common commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “States”.

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 title I § 106 · 118 Stat. 1287

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 7816

    (Pub. L. 108–333, title I, § 106, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1292.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 108–333, title I, § 106, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1292.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL FRAMEWORK. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that human rights initiatives can be undertaken on a multilateral basis, such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which established a regional framework for discussing human rights, scientific and educational cooperation, and economic and trade issues. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the United Sates should explore the possibility of a regional human rights dialogue with North Korea that is modeled on the Helsinki process, engaging all countries in the region in a common commitment to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 108–333, title I, § 106, , 118 Stat. 1292.)

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