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 12 2 STA T .394 1 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 34 6—O CT. 7, 200 8(5)becaus e th e r e are g e n u i ne re f ugees a mo ng N orth K oreans f l eeing into C hina w ho face se v ere p unishments upon their forcible return , the U nite dS tates should urge the G overn - ment of China to — ( A ) immediatel y halt its forcible repatriation of North Koreans ( B ) fulfill its obligations pursuant to the 19 51 United Nations Convention R elating to the Status of Refugees, the 19 67P rotocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, and the 1995 Agreement on the Upgrading of the UN H CR M ission in the People ’ s Republic of China to UNHCR Branch O ffice in the People’s Republic of China; and (C) allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) unimpeded access to North Koreans inside China to determine whether they are refugees and whether they re q uire assistance .SEC.4 . D E FIN I T I O NS. Section 5(1)(A) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 20 0 4 (Public L aw 10 8–3 33; 22 U.S.C. 7803(1)(A)) is amended by stri k ing ‘ ‘ I nternational Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘ F oreign Affairs’’. SEC. 5 .S UP PO R T FOR H U MA NRI G HTS AND DEMOCRAC Y PROGRAMS. Section 102(b)(1) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7812(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘2008’’ the following

‘‘and $ 2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012’’. SEC. 6 . RADIO B ROADCASTING TO NORTH K OREA. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, as defined in section 5(1) of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7803(1)), a report that describes the status and content of current United States broadcasting to North Korea and the e x tent to which the BBG has achieved the goal of 12-hour-per-day broadcasting to North Korea pursuant to section 103 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 7813). SEC. 7 . ACTIONS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Section 104 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7814) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘in each of the 3 years thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘annually through 2012’’. SEC. 8 . SPECIA L EN V OY ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. Section 107 of the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004 (22 U.S.C. 7817) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ HUMANRIG H TS INN O RTH K OR E A’’ and inserting ‘‘NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES’’; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in the first sentence— (i) by striking ‘‘human rights in North Korea’’ and inserting ‘‘North Korean human rights issues’’; and Deadlin e .R e ports .

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