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 PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985

99 STAT. 241

and influence to encourage the Government of Guatemala to recognize the independence of Belize and to enter into a mutual nonaggression treaty with Belize. (h) HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS IN GUATEMALA.—(1) The Congress

finds that— (A) the Group for Mutual Support was formed in 1984 to protest the disappearances of Guatemalan civilians; (B) the Group for Mutual Support has carried out its work in a peaceful, non-ideological manner, and is the only indigenous human rights group operating in Guatemala; and (C) two of the Group's six steering committee members. Hector Gomez and Maria Rosario Godyo de Cuevas, were recently killed. (2) It is the sense of the Congress that— (A) human rights groups in Guatemala, particularly the Group for Mutual Support, should be allowed to carry out their work against human rights abuses with the full cooperation, protection, and support of the Government of Guatemala; and (B) whether the Government of Guatemala allows human rights groups, including the Group for Mutual Support, to carry out their work should be taken into account by the United States in determining whether there is human rights progress in Guatemala.

Hector Gomez. Maria Rosario Godyo de Cuevas.

SEC. 704. REFUGEES IN HONDURAS.

Funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act and funds authorized to be appropriated for the "Migration and Refugee Assistance" account for fiscal years 1986 and 1987— (1) which are to be used for refugee assistance or other assistance for Nicaraguan Indian refugees in Honduras shall be channeled, to the maximum extent possible, through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration, or other established and recognized international refugee relief organizations; and (2) may not be used to facilitate the involuntary repatriation of Salvadoran refugees who are in Honduras.

International organizations.

SEC. 705. PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AND PROVIDING FOR ORDERLY EMIGRATION FROM HAITI.

(a) USE OF PVOS.—To the maximum extent practicable, assistance for Haiti under chapter 1 of part I (relating to development assistance) and under chapter 4 of part II (relating to the economic support fund) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 should be 22 USC 2151, 2346. provided through private and voluntary organizations. (b) CONDITIONS ON ASSISTANCE.—Funds available for fiscal year 1986 and for fiscal year 1987 to carry out chapter 1 of part I (relating to development assistance), chapter 4 of part II (relating to the economic support fund), or chapter 5 of part II (relating to international military education and training) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated for Haiti only if the President deter- 22 USC 2347. mines that the Government of Haiti— (1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halting illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing United States development, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti (including programs for prior fiscal years); and

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