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 PUBLIC LAW 99-399—AUG. 27, 1986

100 STAT. 901

(D) frequent efforts to encourage the Soviet leadership and the Soviet-backed Afghan regime to remove the barriers erected against the entry into and reporting of events in Afghanistan by international journalists; and (E) vigorous efforts to impress upon the Soviet leadership the penalty that continued military action in Afghanistan imposes upon the building of a long-term constructive relationship with the United States, because of the negative effect that Soviet policies in Afghanistan have on attitudes toward the Soviet Union among the American people and the Congress. (2) It is further the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Reports. State should— (A) determine whether the actions of Soviet forces against the people of Afghanistan constitute the international crime of Genocide as defined in Article II of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed on behalf of the United States on December 11, 1948, and, if the Secretary determines that Soviet actions may constitute the crime of genocide, he shall report his findings to the President and the Congress, along with recommended actions; and (B) review United States policy with respect to the continued recognition of the Soviet puppet government in Kabul to determine whether such recognition is in the interest of the United States. Approved August 27, 1986.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4151: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-494 (Ctomm. on Foreign Affairs) and No. 99-783 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-304 (C!omm. on Foreign Relations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): Mar. 18, considered and passed House. June 25, considered and passed Senate, amended. Aug. 12, House and Senate agreed to conference report. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 22 (1986): Aug. 27, Presidential statement.

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