[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 69 (Thursday, May 13, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3110]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN HONOR OF CZECH REPUBLIC AND POLAND FOR CONDEMNING HUMAN RIGHTS 
                           VIOLATIONS IN CUBA

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, tonight the Cuban American community 
honors the Czech Republic and Poland for their recent successful 
efforts to condemn the ongoing human rights violations in Cuba before 
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
  The Czech President said recently that both the Czechs and the Cubans 
encountered similar political fates, suffering the multiple adverse 
effects of the same ideology still advanced by the government of Cuba.
  The Center for a Free Cuba event tonight will also serve to 
commemorate Cuban independence, which will be celebrated during the 
month of May, and the role of women in the struggle for freedom in 
Cuba.
  Because of that, Elena Diaz Verson Amos will be honored for her 
commitment to the cause of freedom and democracy and human rights.
  I urge my colleagues to join us tonight at 6 p.m. in room 106 of the 
Dirksen building for the Center for Free Cuba reception.

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