PUBLIC LAW 102-274 —APR. 21, 1992 106 STAT. 119 and programs to contribute to equitable economic development, and to local, national, and regional peace initiatives; (2) to ensure that all citizens enjoy the protection of civil, political, economic, social, religious, and cultural rights, an independent judiciary, and representative governmental institutions, regardless of gender, religion, ethnicity, occupation, or association; and (3) to provide assistance to indigenous nongovernmental institutions that carry out activities in government-controlled or opposition-controlled territories and have the capacity or potential to promote conflict resolution, to advance development programs, or to carry out relief activities such as those described in section 4(c)(2). (b) CONSULTATIONS. — The President is encouraged to undertake immediate consultations with appropriate countries, with armed and unarmed parties in the Horn of Africa, and with the Secretary General of the United Nations, in order to bring about negotiated settlements of the armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa. (c) MECHANISMS. —It is the sense of the Congress that the President should-^ (1) direct the United States Representative to the United Nations to— (A) urge the Secretary General of the United Nations to make cease-fires, safe corridors for emergency relief, and negotiated settlements of the armed corSlicts in the Horn of Africa a high and urgent priority; (B) propose that the United Nations Security Council establish a United Nations arms embargo to end the supply of arms to the region, pending the resolution of civil wars and other armed conflicts; and (C) pledge diplomatic and material resources for enhanced United Nations peacekeeping and peacemaking activities in the region, including monitoring of cease-fires; (2) play an active and ongoing role in other fora in pressing for negotiated settlements to armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa; and (3) support and participate in regional and international peace consultations that include broad representation from the countries and factions concerned. SEC. 6. HORN OF AFRICA FOOD SECURITY AND RECOVERY STRATEGY. 22 USC 2151 (a) TARGETING ASSISTANCE TO AID THE POOR MAJORITY; USE OF PVOs AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. — (1) TARGETING ASSISTANCE.— United States developmental assistance for the Horn of Africa should be tarjgeted to aid the poor majority of the people of the region (particularly refugees, women, the urban poor, and small-scale farmers and pastoralists) to the maximum extent practicable. United States Government aid institutions should seek to— (A) build upon the capabilities and experiences of United States, international, and indigenous private and voluntary organizations active in local grassroots relief, rehabilitation, and development efforts; (B) consult closely with such orgeuiizations and significantly incorporate their views into the policymaking process; and
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