[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H. Res. 205 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 205

  Calling for the prosecution of Pol Pot for crimes against humanity.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 1997

 Mr. Lampson submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                the Committee on International Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Calling for the prosecution of Pol Pot for crimes against humanity.

Whereas the Khmer Rouge government of Democratic Kampuchea (Cambodia) carried 
        out as governmental policy the systematic genocide of the Cambodian 
        people between 1975 and 1979;
Whereas that government engaged in torture and the murder of civilians as state 
        policy;
Whereas that government was responsible for the murder of between one to two 
        million Cambodians from 1975 to 1979; and
Whereas Pol Pot, as leader of the Khmer Rouge during this period, was directly 
        responsible for the planning and implementation of this state directed 
        policy of genocide: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) urges the Secretary of State to take actions, 
        consistent with the Cambodian Genocide Justice Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2656 note), that lead to the prosecution of Pol Pot for crimes 
        against humanity;
            (2) calls upon the international community, through the 
        United Nations Security Council and other appropriate 
        international governmental bodies, to convene an international 
        tribunal for the adjudication of the case of Pol Pot; and
            (3) recommends that the Secretary of State take all 
        feasible steps to create an international tribunal for the 
        prosecution of Pol Pot if such a tribunal has not been 
        established by an international organization by January 30, 
        1998.
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