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 108 STAT. 472 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 self-defense and therefore contravenes Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. (20) Bosnia and Herzegovina's right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter includes the right to ask for military assistance from other countries and to receive such assistance if offered. (b) PoucY ON TERMINATION OF ARMS EMBARGMD. —(1) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should terminate the United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt from that government of a request for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. (2) As used in this subsection, the term 'United States arms embargo of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina" means the application to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina of— (A) the policy adopted July 10, 1991, and published in the Federal Register of July 19, 1991 (58 Fed. Reg. 33322) under the heading "Suspension of Munitions Export Licenses to Yugoslavia"; and (B) any similar policy being applied by the United States Government as of the date of receipt of the request described in subsection (a) pursuant to which approval is routinely denied for transfers of defense articles and defense services to the former Yugoslavia. (c) PoucY ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE. —The President should provide appropriate military assistance to the (jrovernment of Bosnia and Herzegovina upon receipt from that government of a request for assistance in exercising its right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. SEC. 621. SENSE OF SENATE ON RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM. It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) the Government of the United States is committed to seeking the fullest possible accounting of American servicemen unaccounted for during the war in Vietnam; (2) cooperation by the Government of Vietnam on resolving the fate of those American servicemen unaccounted for has increased significantly over the last three years and is essential to the resolution of outstanding POW/MIA cases; (3) substantial and tangible progress has been made in the POW/MIA accounting process; (4) cooperative efforts between the United States and Vietnam should continue in order to resolve all outstanding questions concerning the fate of Americans missing-in-action; (5) United States senior military commanders and United States personnel working in the field to account for United States POW/MIAs in Vietnam believe that lifting the United States trade embargo against Vietnam will facilitate and accelerate the accoiuitin^ efforts; (6) therefore, m order to maintain and expand further United States and Vietnamese efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting, the President should lift the United States trade embargo against Vietnam expeditiously; and (7) moveover, as the United States and Vietnam move toward normalization of relations, the Government of Vietnam should demonstrate further improvements in meeting internationaly recognized standards of human rights.

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