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 PUBLIC LAW 98-215—DEC. 9, 1983 97 STAT. 1475 LIMITATION ON COVERT ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA SEC. 108. During fiscal year 1984, not more than $24,000,000 of the funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, or any other agency or entity of the United States involved in intelligence activities may be obligated or expended for the purpose or which would have the effect of supporting, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua by any nation, group, organization, movement, or individual. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS SEC. 109. (a) The Congress finds that— Nicaragua. (1) the Government of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua has failed to keep solemn promises, made to the Organization of American States in July 1979, to establish full respect for human rights and political liberties, hold early elections, pre- serve a private sector, permit political pluralism, and pursue a foreign policy of nonaggression and nonintervention; (2) by providing military support (including arms, training, and logistical, command and control, and communications facili- ties) to groups seeking to overthrow the Government of El Salvador and other Central American governments, the Govern- ment of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua has violated article 18 of the Charter of the Organization of American States 2 UST 2394. which declares that no state has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatsoever, in the internal or external affairs of any other state; (3) the Government of Nicaragua should be held accountable before the Organization of American States for activities viola- tive of promises made to the Organization and for violations of the Charter of that Organization; and (4) working through the Organization of American States is the proper and most effective means of dealing with threats to the peace of Central America, of providing for common action in the event of aggression, and of providing the mechanisms for peaceful resolution of disputes among the countries of Central America. (b) The President should seek a prompt reconvening of the Seven- teenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization of American States for the purpose of reevaluating the compliance by the Government of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua— (1) with the commitments made by the leaders of that Govern- ment in July 1979 to the Organization of American States; and (2) with the Charter of the Organization of American States. (c) The President should vigorously seek actions by the Organiza- tion of American States that would provide for a full range of effective measures by the member states to bring about compliance by the Government of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua with those obligations, including verifiable agreements to halt the trans- fer of military equipment and to cease furnishing of military support facilities to groups seeking the violent overthrow of govern- ments of countries in Central America. (d) The President should usc all diplomatic means at his disposal to encourage the Organization of American States to seek resolution

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