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 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—OCT. 7, 1988

102 STAT. 4921

operation aimed at the physical liquidation of educated and semieducated Hutu; Whereas the 1972 revolt generated a massive involuntary migration of 150,000 Hutu to neighboring states and resulted in a system in which the Tutsi successfully excluded the Hutu from all positions of power, influence, and wealth in the army, the civil service, the university, and secondary schools; Whereas during the period 1972 through 1973 no effective protest to the events in Burundi was launched by the Organization of African Unity, the United Nations, or Western diplomacy and, with the exception of Belgium, the dominant impression one gained of Western diplomacy during the crisis was one of almost total indifference in the face of unrelieved tragedy; Whereas Burundi has recently become the largest per capita recipient in the world of World Bank low interest loans, to the extent that in 1988 Burundi will receive $80,000,000 in grants and concessional loans while also benefitting from a 3-year World Bank structural adjustment facility amounting to $90,000,000; and Whereas in early August, just prior to the outbreak of violence in northern Burundi, the United States announced the obligation of a $4,850,000 population program which raised United States economic aid to $7,500,000 for fiscal year 1988: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress— (1) urges the Government of Burundi to maintain and greatly increase its recent efforts toward national reconciliation in the hope of preventing further tragic loss of life and additional human suffering; (2) condemns the recent violence in Burundi reportedly carried out by the armed forces of Burundi, other authorities, and private individuals against innocent Burundi citizens; (3) urges the President and Secretary of State to press for a negotiated nonviolent reform of Burundi's historical inequities that results in genuine national reconciliation, reduction of the now heightened risk of continued cross-border violence, and continued advance in Burundi's economic reform program, through direct representations to the Government of Burundi and representatives of ethnic communities and private nongovernmental bodies in Burundi and through sustained multilateral initiatives involving other Western donors (especially the European Community, France, and Belgium), the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity, and Burundi's regional neighbors; (4) urges the President and the Secretary of State to conduct a comprehensive reassessment of the United States bilateral relationship with the Government of Burundi with a view toward the suspension of United States assistance (other than humanitarian aid) unless within 6 months after the date of the enactment of this resolution— (A) an impartial inquiry, with the involvement of credible international organizations and with full access to the affected regions, has been initiated to determine the causes of the outbreaks of violence in August and recommend future action to achieve an effective national reconciliation in Burundi; (B) the Government of Burundi has taken steps to investigate and prosecute those military and administrative offi-

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