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[S.J. Res. 43 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.J.Res.43

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
             the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand


                            Joint Resolution


 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President of the United States 
 should encourage free and fair elections and respect for democracy in 
                                  Peru.

Whereas presidential and congressional elections are scheduled to occur 
  in Peru on April 9, 2000;
Whereas independent election monitors, including the Organization of 
  American States, the National Democratic Institute, and the Carter 
  Center, have expressed grave doubts about the fairness of the 
  electoral process due to the Peruvian Government's control of key 
  official electoral agencies, systematic restrictions on freedom of 
  the press, manipulation of the judicial processes to stifle 
  independent reporting on radio, television, and newspaper outlets, 
  and harassment and intimidation of opposition politicians, which have 
  greatly limited the ability of opposing candidates to campaign 
  freely; and
Whereas the absence of free and fair elections in Peru would constitute 
  a major setback for the Peruvian people and for democracy in the 
  hemisphere, could result in instability in Peru, and could jeopardize 
  United States antinarcotics objectives in Peru and the region: Now, 
  therefore, be it

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the sense of 
Congress that the President of the United States should promptly convey 
to the President of Peru that if the April 9, 2000, elections are not 
deemed by the international community to have been free and fair, the 
United States will review and modify as appropriate its political, 
economic, and military relations with Peru, and will work with other 
democracies in this hemisphere and elsewhere toward a restoration of 
democracy in Peru.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.