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 101 STAT. 1416

PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

day in February 1987, 281 children under the age of 15 were in detention; that on a certain day in April 1987, 1,424 children under the age of 18 were in detention; and that on a certain day in May 1987, 280 children under the age of 16 were in detention; and that as of June 2, stated that eleven children under the age of 16 were in detention; and as of October, 69 children under the age of 18 are still in detention; and (4) human rights groups in South Africa estimate that many more children have been detained under state of emergency regulations than the Government of the Republic of South Africa admits; (5) the state of emergency regulations allow for the detention ftj^l.. ' of individuals without charge for an indefinite period of time; and Edward J. (6) the United States Ambassador to South Africa Edward J. Perkins. Perkins has stated that such detentions are "a most serious abuse of human rights, particularly so where detednees are children as young as 11". '- " (b) PoucY.—The Congress hereby— (1) calls for the cessation of the practice of detaining children under 18 years of age without charge or trial in South Africa; (2) calls for the South African Government either to release all children in South Africa held under state of emergency regulations and other laws which authorize detention without charge or, in those cases where an internationaly recognized criminal act has allegedly been committed, charge them and allow them their rights of a fair and public trial; ^ (3) pending the release of the children, calls on the Government of the Republic of South Africa to— (A) permit the detained children immediate and frequent ,, access to parents and legal counsel; (B) make public the names and locations of all the detained children; 5 ^ if^w(C) provide the detained children with adequate food, clothing, and protection; and ^_ff (D) permit a recognized, independent, and impartial international humanitarian organization to verify that the provisions of this section are being carried out and that the jf, ^ detained children are not being abused, tortured, or held in solitary confinement, and are not being held in detention in the company of adults; and .5,, I-:.'NT' M (4) calls for the apprehension and trial of all those individuals who execute children by violent activities, including necklacing, and the cessation of these activities.

International

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PART D—MIDDLE EAST

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SEC. 1231. MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the General Assembly of the United Nations recognized the sovereignty of the State of Israel through Resolution 181 of jg^rj ^^^ ^y^e right of all Israeli citizens to live within secure and recognized boundaries through Resolutions 242 and 338 of 1973; (2) the Government of the Soviet Union severed diplomatic relations with the State of Israel in 1967 and has opposed every recent United States initiative for direct, bilateral negotiations

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