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97 STAT. 1532 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—NOV. 15, 1983 (4) support international efforts through the United Nations Border Relief Operation to relieve the suffering of the more than two hundred thousand Khmer civilians who have sought refuge along the Thai border from the Vietnamese occupation; and (5) give humanitarian and political support to the non-Com- munist Khmer nationalist forces that represent the legitimate aspirations of the Khmer people. Agreed to November 15, 1983. Nov 15, 1983 JOHN F. KENNEDY—COMMEMORATION OF HIS [H. Con. Res. 214] DEATH Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Rotunda of the United States Capitol is hereby authorized to be used on November 16, 1983, in such a manner as the Speaker and minority leader of the United States House of Representatives and the majority leader and minority leader of the United States Senate may deem appropriate to commemorate the twentieth anni- versary of the death of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Physical preparations for the conduct of the ceremony shall be carried out in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the Archi- tect of the Capitol. Agreed to November 15, 1983. Nov. 17, 1983 LECH WALESA—1983 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPI- [s. Con. Res. 76] ENT, U.S. CONGRATULATIONS Whereas a secure and universal peace is a major objective of people of good will throughout the world; Whereas one of the necessary conditions of achieving such peace is universal respect for and realization of internationaly recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms; Whereas article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes the right of every individual to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to form and to join trade unions for the protection of the interests of such individual; Whereas the right to form and to join trade unions for the protec- tion of the interest of the individual is a right guaranteed by the Helsinki Final Act, of which Poland is a signatory; Whereas the independent Polish trade union Solidarity has for three years represented the interests of the Polish working class in a cooperative, moderate, and conciliatory fashion; Whereas the trade union Solidarity preserved peaceful methods and