114 STAT. 3188 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-^JULY 26, 2000 right to appeal a conviction, freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, freedom of opinion and expression, and freedom of assembly and association; Whereas that Covenant forbids torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, and arbitrary arrest and detention; Whereas the first Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights enables the Human Rights Committee, set up under that Covenant, to receive and consider communications from individuals claiming to be victims of violations of any of the rights set forth in the Covenant; and Whereas in signing that Covenant on behalf of the People's Republic of China, Ambassador Qin Huasun, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations, said the following: "To realize human rights is the aspiration of all humanity. It is also a goal that the Chinese Government has long been striving for. We believe that the universality of human rights should be respected... As a member state of the United Nations, China has always actively participated in the activities of the organization in the field of human rights. It attaches importance to its cooperation with agencies concerned in the U.N. system...": Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That Congress calls on the Government of the People's Republic of China— (1) immediately to release Rabiya Kadeer, her secretary, and her son; and (2) to permit Kadeer, her secretary, and her son to move to the United States, if they so desire. Agreed to July 24, 2000. July 26.2000 HEROES PLAZA—RECOGNITION [H. Con. Res. 351] Whereas the Medal of Honor was established by Congress in 1862 and is the highest military declaration bestowed by the Nation; Whereas the criteria for receiving the Medal of Honor are extraordinarily stringent, requiring that an individual, while a member of the Armed Forces, have "distinguish[ed] himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in combat and that there have been at least two eyewitnesses to the act; Whereas fewer than 155 of the approximately 3,500 Americans who have been awarded the Medal of Honor are alive, including two who are natives of the City of Pueblo, Colorado; Whereas the City of Pueblo, Colorado, will be the site for the September 2000 reunion of living recipients of the Medal of Honor; and Whereas during that reunion, a Medal of Honor memorial, to be known as "Heroes Plaza", will be dedicated: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Heroes Plaza in the City of Pueblo, Colorado, is recognized, effective as of the September 2000 reunion of living Medal of Honor recipients in that city, as honoring the recipients of the Medal
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