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 101 STAT. 1412

PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

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1988, a statement that officially informs all member nations of the United Nations of the support of the United States for self-determination of all peoples and nonrecognition of the forced incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union; (B) call attention to violations of internationaly recognized human rights in the Baltic States; and (C) promote compliance with the human rights and humanitarian provisions of the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Baltic States.

SEC. 1207. ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY IN POLAND.

(a) SUPPORT FOR SOUDARITY.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) Solidarity deserves special praise and recognition as the only free and independent trade union in Poland; ' (2) Solidarity reflects the Polish people's desire for free and J democratic institutions and activities; and (3) Solidarity is one of the leading democratic representatives of the Polish working people. -^' V

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(b) ASSISTANCE IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY IN POLAND.—Notwith-

standing any other provision of law, of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to the economic support fund) for fiscal year 1988, not less than $1,000,000 shall be available only for the unconditional support of democratic institutions and activities in Poland.

PART B—LATIN AMERICA AND CUBA International organizations.

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SEC. 1211. CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE FAILURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS TO PLACE CUBA ON ITS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA.

L (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was € adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations, states in paragraph 2 of Article 13 that "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country"; (2) the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 19 that "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers"; r (3) the Government of Cuba has violated the Cuban people's internationaly recognized human rights, including freedom of ' movement, emigration, opinion, and expression; (4) Cuban human rights violations are a major obstacle to improved United States-Cuban relations; and (5) the United Nations Human Rights Commission has acted selectively in addressing human rights violations in various countries and has failed to place Cuba on its agenda despite i overwhelming evidence of the continuing disregard and systematic abuse of internationaly recognized human rights by the Government of Cuba. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that—

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