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 95 STAT. 1552

PUBLIC LAW 97-113—DEC. 29, 1981

shall include an analysis and recommendations on the following issues: (1) the relationship between foreign assistance and defense expenditures as means of conducting foreign policy; (2) the appropriate mix between military and economic assistance; (3) the strengths and weaknesses, and appropriate mix, of bilateral and multilateral assistance programs; (4) the relevance of the basic human needs approach to current aid policy; (5) the performance of other aid donors, and the benefits they derive from their programs; (6) criteria for determining the appropriate size and composition of country programs; (7) the appropriateness of the current mix of grants and loans, and the possibility of combining them with new or existing guarantee, insurance, and export credit programs; (8) specific means to more actively engage the private sector in assistance programs; and (9) the usefulness of current functional categories in constructing the development assistance budget. (b) The Congress requests that the President provide to the Congress a preliminary report by March 31, 1982, and a final report by June 30, 1982, with respect to the issues referred to in subsection (a). EXTERNAL DEBT BURDENS OF EGYPT, ISRAEL, AND TURKEY

Reports to Congress.

SEC. 723. The Congress finds that the Governments of Egypt, Israel, g^j^^j Turkey each have an enormous external debt burden which may be made more difficult by virtue of financing provided for those governments under various United States assistance programs. In order to assist the Congress in examining United States assistance for these countries, the President shall report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, not later than one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act and not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, regarding economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, and Turkey which may affect their respective ability to meet their international debt obligations and to stabilize their economies. These reports shall also analyze the impact on Egypt's economy of Arab sanctions against Egypt. NICARAGUA

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SEC. 724. (a) In furnishing assistance under this Act to the Government of Nicaragua, the President shall take into account the extent to which that Government has engaged in violations of internationaly recognized human rights (including the right to organize and operate labor unions free from political oppression, the right to freedom of the press, and the right to freedom of religion) and shall encourage the Government of Nicarsigua to respect those rights, (b) In furnishing assistance under this Act to the Government of Nicaragua, the President shall take into account the extent to which that Government has fulfilled its pledge of July 1979 to the member states of the Organization of American States— (1) to establish full respect for human rights in Nicaragua in accordance with the United Nations Universal Declaration of the

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