101 STAT. 1424
PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987
Appropriation authorization.
(c) TRANSFER OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—With respect to any sale, licensed export, or other transfer of any defense articles or defense services to the People's Republic of China, the United States Government shall, consistent with United States law, take into account the extent to which the Government of the People's Republic of China is acting in good faith and in a timely manner to resolve human rights issues in Tibet. (d) MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.—Within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall determine whether the needs of displaced Tibetans are similar to those of displaced persons and refugees in other parts of the world and shall report that determination to the Congress. If the Secretary makes a positive determination, of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989, such sums as are necessary shall be made available for assistance for displaced Tibetans. The Secretary of State shall determine the best means for providing such assistance. (e) SCHOLARSHIPS.—For each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989, the Director of the United States Information Agency shall make available to Tibetan students and professionals who are outside Tibet not less than 15 scholarships for study at institutions of higher education in the United States.
Vietnam.
SEC. 1244. SUPPORT FOR THE RIGHT OF SELF-DETERMINATION FOR THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE.
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Reports.
Heng Samrin. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Human rights.
Pol Pot.
Heng Samrin. Norodom Sihanouk.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, in violation of its obligations under international law including the United Nations Charter, invaded Cambodia in December 1978; (2) in January 1979, Vietnam installed a puppet government in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, headed by Heng Samrin; (3) eight years later Vietnam continues, with Soviet backing, to occupy Cambodia with some 140,000 troops; (4) by invading and occupying Cambodia, the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam violated its obligation, undertaken upon becoming a member of the United Nations in 1977, not to use force against the territorial integrity or political c. independence of any state; (5) Vietnam has attempted to submerge Cambodian culture .V- and heritage through the settlement of large numbers of Vietnamese in Cambodia; (6) human rights observers have noted a pattern of torture, political detention, inhumane treatment, and other abuses of human rights by officials of the Vietnamese-backed puppet y, Cambodian regime; (7) the Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia has compounded the hardship and suffering of a people which had previously suffered barbaric crimes of genocide under Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge and has caused hundreds of thousands of Cambodians to flee their own country; (8) in recognition of the illegal occupation of Cambodia by the Vietnamese, the United Nations has refused to recognize the credentials of the Heng Samrin regime and has instead contin1^; ued to recognize the credentials of the Government in Exile led by Prince Norodom Sihanouk; .,, ^. r, r;
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