of any export to the Government of the Republic of South Africa or its agencies unless the President determines that significant progress toward the elimination of apartheid has been made and transmits to the Congress a statement describing and explaining that determination; or (c) in support of any export to other purchases in the Republic of South Africa unless the United States Secretary of State certifies that the purchaser has endorsed and has proceeded toward the implementation of the following principles: nonsegregation of the races in all work facilities; equal and fair employment for all employees; equal pay for equal work for all employees; initiation and development of training programs to prepare nonwhite South Africans for supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs; increasing the number of nonwhites in management and supervisory positions; a willingness to engage in collective bargaining with labor unions; and improving the quality of life for employees in such areas as housing, transportation, schooling, recreation, and health facilities. South Korea International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 Sec. 412 (22 USC 2428 note) The Congress views with distress the erosion of important civil liberties in the Republic of Korea and requests that the President communicate this concern in forceful terms to the Government of the Republic of Korea within sixty days after enactment. Uganda Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979 Sec. 610 (22 USC 2151 note) (a) The Congress finds that reliable reports of events in Cambodia and Uganda attest to the existence of governmental practices in those countries of such systematic and extensive brutality as to require special notice and continuing condemnation by outside ob servers. (b) Recognizing the limited direct influence of the United States. in Cambodia and Uganda, the Congress urges the President to move aggressively to support multilateral action by the United Nations and other international organizations, and to encourage bilateral action by countries having more extensive relations with Cambodia and Uganda, to bring an end to the brutal and inhumane practices of the governments of those two countries. (c) Not later than January 20, 1979, the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing fully and completely actions taken pursuant to subsection (b). (d) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should— (1) prohibit the export of military, paramilitary, and police equipment to Uganda; 23-197 0-83--5 (2) direct that the visa application of any official or employee of the Government of Uganda seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of military, paramilitary, or police training, may be approved by a consular officer only after the appropriate official of the Department of State in Washington has reviewed the application and has determined that the Government of Uganda has demonstrated a proper respect for the rule of law and for internationally recognized human rights; and (3) instruct the Permanent Respresentative of the United States to the United Nations to submit to the Security Council of the United Nations for its consideration a resolution imposing a mandatory arms embargo on Uganda by all members of the United Nations. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 Sec. 719 (94 Stat. 3162) The President shall encourage the holding of free, open elections in Uganda and shall, in considering assistance for Uganda with funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, take into account whether such elections are held. Vietnam International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978 Sec. 602 (22 USC 2151 note) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this Act, funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act shall not be used for any form of aid, either by monetary payment or by the sale or transfer of any goods of any nature, to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Cambodia, or Cuba. International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 Sec. 717 (94 Stat. 3161) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used to provide assistance to the Governments of Cuba, Vietnam, or Cambodia. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit food assistance or humanitarian assistance which is distributed directly to the people of Cambodia. U.N. CHARTER ARTICLES PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS 1 1945 We the peoples of the United Nations, determined. . . . to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women aims. have resolved to combine our efforts to accomplish these Chapter I. Purposes and Principles Article 1. The Purposes of the United Nations are: 3. To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion . . . Article 13. The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of: ... b. promoting international cooperation in the economic, social, cultural, educational, and health fields, and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. * Chapter IX. International Economic and Social Cooperation Article 55. With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote: . . . c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion. 1 Signed by the United States at San Francisco June 26, 1945; ratification advised by the U.S. Senate July 28, 1945; ratified by the President of the United States Aug. 8, 1945. Full text of the U.N. Charter is found in Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1980, Vol. III. |