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CONCURRENT RESOtUTIONS—OCT. 12, 1988 cials and private individuals responsible for the recent atrocities committed against innocent Burundi citizens; (C) the Government of Burundi has made substantial progress in promoting the safe return to their homes of Burundi's internally displaced and refugee populations; and (D) the Government of Burundi continues to assure foreign journalists and international humanitarian relief organizations free access to the areas affected by the recent violence; and (5) urges the President and the Secretary of State to undertake a suspension of United States assistance to Burundi and to oppose future World Bank loans to Burundi (as authorized under section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act) unless within one year after the date of the enactment of this resolution— (A) there has been substantial progress by the Government of Burundi in advancing the internal reform of Burundi's military and civil administration and ensuring discipline and control in military and administrative interactions with Burundi citizens, especially those of Hutu ethnicity, in order to prevent a recurrence of the violence in August; and (B) there has been substantial progress by the Government of Burundi in further reversing patterns of ethnic discrimination against the majority Hutu, thereby promoting stable long-term development and political participation of all Burundi citizens, through improvements in the equality of access to economic opportunities and public services and through increased respect of the internationaly-recognized human rights of all Burundi citizens. Agreed to October 7, 1988.

Oct. 12, 1988 [H. Con. Res. 303]

SOUTHEAST ASIAN REFUGEES—ASEAN COUNTRIES' HUMANITARIANISM Whereas the Government of Thailand, the Government of Malaysia, the Government of Hong Kong, the Government of the Philippines, and the Government of Indonesia have long histories of humanitarian treatment of refugees, which has saved thousands of lives over the past 12 years; Whereas in late January 1988, the Government of Thailand initiated a policy of interdiction, refusing to allow boats with refugees to enter the territorial waters of Thailand and turning the boats back to sea; Whereas the Government of Malaysia has announced plans to shut down, in April 1989, the Pulau-Bidong camp with 12,629 asylum-seekers; Whereas the continuation of the policy of interdiction in Thailand and the announced plans to close the Pulau-Bidong camp in Malaysia could result in severe hardship and weaken the concept of first asylum; Whereas the Government of Thailand, the Government of Hong

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