PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987
101 STAT. 1425
(9) the member states of the United Nations for the eighth time, and by a record vote, approved a resolution at the forty-second session of the General Assembly csdling for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Cambodia; (10) the 1981 United Nations-sponsored International Conference on Kampuchea called for the early withdrawal of foreign troops and the holding of free elections under United Nations sujjervision; (11) the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has thus far rejected the efforts of the Association of Southeast . ••••• Asian Nations and supported by the United States to resolve s the situation in Cambodia; and (12) in the absence of a settlement, the non-Communist Cambodian forces continue to wage a war of resistance agsiinst Vietnamese occupation forces. (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—The Congress—
(1) deplores the continued violation of the sovereignty and territorial independence of Cambodia by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; (2) calls upon the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately withdraw all of its occupation forces from Cambodia and to negotiate a settlement which restores self-determination to the Cambodian people; (3) believes that such negotiations and withdrawal by Vietnam, together with a satisfactory accounting of Americans still missing in action, would constitute positive steps that would help facilitate the prospect of an end to Vietnemi's isolation in the world community and an improvement of its relations with the United States; (4) supports the efforts of the member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the United Nations Secretary General, and the non-Communist Cambodian people to achieve a political settlement which would include such elements as internationaly supervised free and fair elections, as well as assurances that there will be no return to the genocidal policies of the Pol Pot regime; (5) supports efforts to establish an international tribunal to bring to justice those Khmer Rouge leaders during the reign of Pol Pot, and any others, responsible for crimes of genocide against the Cambodian people; and (6) calls upon the international community to observe a special day of remembrance— (A) in recognition of the suffering of the Cambodian people under Pol Pot, (B) in protest of the efforts of Vietnam to suppress the basic human rights, culture, and way of life of the Cambodian people, and (C) in protest of the illegal occupation of Cambodia by Vietnamese troops. SEC. 1245. HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the advancement of human rights is a stated objective of the foreign policy of the United States; (2) the constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech, press, and peaceful assembly have not been adequately respected in the People's Republic of China;
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