[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 121 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                          May 21, 1997.
Whereas Cambodia continues to recover from more than three decades of recent 
        warfare, including the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge from 1975 
        to 1979;
Whereas Cambodia was the beneficiary of a massive international effort to ensure 
        peace, democracy, and prosperity after the October 1991 Paris Peace 
        Agreements on Cambodia;
Whereas more than 93 percent of the Cambodians eligible to vote in the 1993 
        elections in Cambodia did so, thereby demonstrating the commitment of 
        the Cambodian people to democracy;
Whereas since those elections, Cambodia has made significant economic progress 
        which has contributed to economic stability in Cambodia;
Whereas since those elections, the Cambodia Armed Forces have significantly 
        diminished the threat posed by the Khmer Rouge to safety and stability 
        in Cambodia;
Whereas other circumstances in Cambodia, including the recent unsolved murders 
        of journalists and political party activists, the recent unsolved attack 
        of party officials of the Buddhist Liberal Democratic in 1995, and the 
        quality of the judicial system--described in a 1996 United Nations 
        report as ``thoroughly corrupt''--raise international concern for the 
        state of democracy in Cambodia;
Whereas Sam Rainsy, the leader of the Khmer Nation Party, was the target of a 
        terrorist grenade attack on March 30, 1997, during a demonstration 
        outside the Cambodia National Assembly;
Whereas the attack killed 19 Cambodians and wounded more than 100 men, women, 
        and children; and
Whereas among those injured was Ron Abney, a United States citizen and employee 
        of the International Republican Institute who was assisting in the 
        advancement of democracy in Cambodia and observing the demonstration: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) extends its sincerest sympathies to the families of the persons 
        killed, and the persons wounded, in the March 30, 1997, terrorist 
        grenade attack outside the Cambodia National Assembly;
            (2) condemns the attack as an act of terrorism detrimental to peace 
        and the development of democracy in Cambodia;
            (3) calls upon the United States Government to offer to the Cambodia 
        Government all appropriate assistance in identifying and prosecuting 
        those responsible for the attack;
            (4) calls upon the Cambodia Government to accept such assistance and 
        to expeditiously identify and prosecute those responsible for the 
        attack; and
            (5) calls upon all Cambodian political parties to renounce and 
        condemn all forms of political violence.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.