[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 174 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  1st Session
S. RES. 174

 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should 
aggressively pursue the release of political and religious prisoners in 
                                Vietnam.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 19 (legislative day, September 5), 1995

Mr. Grams (for himself, Mr. Dole, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Thomas) submitted 
      the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State should 
aggressively pursue the release of political and religious prisoners in 
                                Vietnam.

Whereas there are many outstanding issues between the United States and Vietnam, 
        including a full accounting of MIAs/POWs; pursuit of democratic freedoms 
        in Vietnam, including freedom of expression and association; and 
        resolution of human rights violations;
Whereas the Government of Vietnam continues to imprison political and religious 
        leaders to suppress the nonviolent pursuit of freedom and human rights;
Whereas the Government of Vietnam has not honored its commitments under the 
        Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant of 
        Civil and Political Rights;
Whereas two American citizens, Mr. Nguyen Tan Tri and Mr. Tran Quang Liem, are 
        among those recently sentenced to prison terms of 7 and 4 years, 
        respectively, for their efforts to organize a conference, after 2 years 
        of detention without charge; and
Whereas these two Americans are in poor health and are not receiving proper 
        treatment: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate hereby--
            (1) urges the Secretary of State to pursue the release of 
        the American prisoners as well as all political and religious 
        prisoners in Vietnam as a matter of the highest priority;
            (2) requests that the Secretary of State submit regular 
        reports to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
        regarding the status of the imprisonment and wellbeing of the 
        two American prisoners; and
            (3) requests that the President meet with relatives of the 
        two Americans at his earliest convenience.
    Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall transmit a copy of this 
resolution to the President and the Secretary of State.
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