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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—NOV. 6, 1989 103 STAT. 2567 (3) urges the Sandinistas to renew their commitment to continuing the ceasefire now in effect; (4) insists that Ortega and the Sandinistas reaffirm their pledge to hold elections on February 25, 1990, and to begin to carry out in good faith their commitment to a free and fair electoral process leading up to those elections; (5) deplores any effort by the Sandinista regime to terminate, postpone or curtail the limited progress they have made to date in fulfilling their commitment to a free and fair electoral process, or to impose emergency laws, under the phony pretext of a major Contra-initiated breakdown of the ceasefire; (6) strongly urges the extension of the period during which Nicaraguans are permitted to register to vote for at least sixty days; i (7) reaffirms its intention to abide by the provisions of the Bipartisan Accord on Nicaragua and Public Law 101-14, to include continuing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Contras until February 28, 1990; and (8) reminds Ortega, the Sandinista regime, and the other leaders of the hemisphere that United States policy articulated in the Bipartisan Accord on Nicaragua and Public Law 101-14 is contingent on the Sandinistas fulfilling the commitments they have undertaken as part of the Central American peace process. Agreed to November 2, 1989. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION—WELCOME Nov. 6.1989 TO THE NATION'S CAPITAL tn. con. Res. 222] Whereas, the Universal Postal Union advances the goals of the world postal system by developing and improving international postal services, establishing global standards, assuring freedom of transit throughout the territories of the member nations of the Union, providing assistance to postal administrations of develop- ing countries, and disseminating information on technical devel- opments to member nations; Whereas, the Congress of the Universal Postal Union convenes every 5 years in a different member country to study and revise the acts of the Universal Postal Union, and the decisions of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union, which govern the actions of the global postal system for the next 5-year period; Whereas, for only the second time in nearly a century, the United States Postal Service will host the world's postal administrations during an international business meeting known as the Univei^al Postal Congress; Whereas, the Universal Postal Congress will be conducted for a 5- week period, between November 13, and December 14, 1989, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center; and