PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 467 (C) ensuring humane treatment of prisoners, such as by allowing access to prisons by international himianitarian and human rights organizations; (D) protecting Tibet's distinctive religious and cultural heritage; and (E) permitting international radio and television broadcasts into China. (4) The Executive Order further requires the Executive Branch to resolutely pursue all legislative and executive actions to ensure that China abides by its commitments to follow fair, nondiscriminatory trade practices in dealing with United States businesses, and adheres to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the Missile Technology Control Regime guidelines and parameters, and other nonproliferation commitments. (5) The Chinese government should cooperate with international efforts to obtain North Korea's full, imconditional compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation TVeaty. (6) The President has initiated an intensive high-level dialogue with the Chinese government which began last year with a meeting between the Secretary of State and the Chinese Foreign Minister, including a meeting in Seattle between the President and the President of China, meetings in Beijing with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and others, a recent meeting in Paris between the Secretary of State and the Chinese Foreign Minister, and recent meetings in Washington with several Under Secretaries and their Chinese counterparts. (7) The President's efforts have led to some recent progress on some issues of concern to the United States. (8) Notwithstanding this, substantially more progress is needed to meet the standards in the President's Executive Order. (9) The Chinese government's overall human rights record in 1993 fell far short of internationaly accepted norms as it continued to repress critics and failed to control abuses by its own security forces. (b) SENSE OF SENATE. —It is the sense of the Senate that the President of the United States should use all appropriate opportunities, in particular more high-level exchanges with the Chinese government, to press for further concrete progress toward meeting the standards for continuation of MFN status as contained in the Executive Order. SEC. 514. mPLEMENTATION OF PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE. President. 22 USC 1928 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The President shall submit note. annually, beginning 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a detailed report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on the implementation of the "Partnership for Peace initiative, including an assessment of the progress made by former members of the Warsaw Treaty Organization in meeting the criteria for full membership articulated in Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, wherein any other European state may, by imanimous agreement, be invited to accede to the North Atlantic TVeaty if it is in a position to further the principles of the Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area.
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