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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX G 113 STAT. 1501A-473 SEC. 823. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) AGREED FRAMEWORK. —The term "Agreed Framework" means the "Agreed Framework Between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea", signed in Geneva on October 21, 1994, and the Confidential Minute to that Agreement. (2) IAEA.—The term "IAEA" means the International Atomic Energy Agency. (3) NORTH KOREA. —The term "North Korea" means the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (4) JOINT DECLARATION ON DENUCLEARIZATION. — The term "Joint Declaration on Denuclearization" m<jans the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, issued by the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on January 1, 1992. Subtitle C—People's Republic of China SEC. 871. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following findings: (1) Congress concurs in the conclusions of the Department of State, as set forth in the Country Report;s on Human Rights Practices for 1998, on human rights in the People's Republic of China in 1998 as follows: (A) "The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an authoritarian state in which the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the paramount source of power.... Citizens lack both the freedom peacefully to express opposition to the party-led political system and the right to change their national leaders or form of government.". (B) "The Government continued to commit widespread and well-documented human rights abuses, in violation of internationaly accepted norms. Th<5se abuses stemmed from the authorities' very limited tolerance of public dissent aimed at the Government, fear of unrest, and the limited scope or inadequate implementation of laws protecting basic freedoms.". (C) "Abuses included instances of csxtrajudicial killings, torture and mistreatment of prisoners!, forced confessions, arbitrary arrest and detention, lengi;by incommunicado detention, and denial of due process.". (D) "Prison conditions at most facilities remained harsh.... The Government infringed on citizens' privacy rights. The Government continued restrictions on freedom of speech and of the press, and tightened these toward the end of the year. The Government severely restricted freedom of assembly, and continued to restrict freedom of association, religion, and movement.". (E) "Discrimination against women, minorities, and the disabled; violence against women, including coercive family planning practices—which sometimes include forced abortion and forced sterilization; prostitution, trafficking in women and children, and the abuse of children all are problems.".

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