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 PUBLIC LAW 104-114 —MAR. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 805 Cuba, included arrests, strip searches, house arrests, and in some cases sentences to more than 1 year in jail. (b) STATEMENTS BY THE CONGRESS.—(1) The Congress strongly condemns the act of terrorism by the Castro regime in shooting down the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft on February 24, 1996. (2) The Congress extends its condolences to the families of Pablo Morales, Carlos Costa, Mario de la Pena, and Armando Alejandre, the victims of the attack. (3) The Congress urges the President to seek, in the International Court of Justice, indictment for this act of terrorism by Fidel Castro. TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO A FREE AND INDEPENDENT CUBA SEC. 201. POLICY TOWARD A TRANSITION GOVERNMENT AND A DEMO- 22 USC 6061 CRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN CUBA. The policy of the United States is as follows: (1) To support the self-determination of the Cuban people. (2) To recognize that the self-determination of the Cuban people is a sovereign and national right of the citizens of Cuba which must be exercised free of interference by the government of any other country. (3) To encourage the Cuban people to empower themselves with a government which reflects the self-determination of the Cuban people. (4) To recognize the potential for a difficult transition from the current regime in Cuba that may result from the initiatives taken by the Cuban people for self-determination in response to the intransigence of the Castro regime in not allowing any substantive political or economic reforms, and to be prepared to provide the Cuban people with humanitarian, developmental, and other economic assistance. (5) In solidarity with the Cuban people, to provide appropriate forms of assistance— (A) to a transition government in Cuba; (B) to facilitate the rapid movement from such a transition government to a democratically elected government in Cuba that results from an expression of the self-determination of the Cuban people; and (C) to support such a democratically elected government. (6) Through such assistance, to facilitate a peaceful transition to representative democracy and a market economy in Cuba and to consolidate democracy in Cuba. (7) To deliver such assistance to the Cuban people only through a transition government in Cuba, through a democratically elected government in Cuba, through United States Government organizations, or through United States, international, or indigenous nongovernmental organizations. (8) To encourage other countries and multilateral organizations to provide similar assistance, and to work cooperatively with such countries and organizations to coordinate such assistance.

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