[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 15, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 15, 1994]
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                                 RWANDA

  Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues a resolution condemning the current situation in Rwanda 
and also calling the atrocity a genocide.
  The Convention of the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of 
Genocide, which the United States joined in 1989, stipulates that 
genocide, whether committed during peace or war, is an international 
crime which must be prevented and punished.
  This administration has been avoiding using the term genocide in 
connection with Rwanda for fear that if we call it genocide we will 
have to take steps to stop the killing.
  This is a pathetic excuse for a foreign policy. My resolution does 
not order U.S. intervention. It simply states the definition of 
genocide and shows how the ethnic cleansing in Rwanda fits that 
definition. Please cosponsor this resolution.

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