A resolution to urge a reaffirmation and a revitalization of the United States commitment to the protection of human rights in Latin America and to call upon the President to request the Organization of American States to take certain steps to promote economic progress in the Hemisphere and an end to the violence in Latin America.

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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should reaffirm its commitment to the protection of human rights in Latin America. Urges the President to initiate: (1) a hemispheric conference on economic progress under the auspices of the Organization of American States (OAS); and (2) a hemispheric security program by urging the OAS to establish a multinational peacekeeping force, to create an OAS forum to mediate internal conflicts, and to work to promote stability, economic progress, and political freedom in the region.

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  summary · EN · 1 December 1982

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